Basketball Recap: Word of God Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Mount Olive Christian

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Team Score

12/10/24 vs Mount Olive Christian	65
11/12/24 vs Psalms Christian Academy	63
11/19/24 @ NELA Christian Homeschool	61
11/05/24 @ Varsity Opponent	57
11/18/24 @ Faith Training Christian Academy	52

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Word of God Academy). They claimed a resounding 65-28 win over Mount Olive Christian. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Force have posted since November 12th.

Taj Bell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 14 boards. Another player making a difference was Zyere Cartwright, who went 6 of 10 en route to 15 points.

Despite the loss, Mount Olive Christian still got an impressive performance from Dylan Lewis, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten boards. That was a full 78.6% of Mount Olive Christian's points, marking the 21st time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Word of God Academy's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Mount Olive Christian, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-14.

Word of God Academy will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Prairie View Academy at 7:00 p.m. on December 30th. As for Mount Olive Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 57-45 win against Union Christian Academy on the 12th.