Basketball Recap: Holy Cross Lutheran Academy Victorious

Crooms Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Holy Cross Lutheran Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They escaped with a win against the Crooms Academy Panthers by the margin of a single free throw, 58-57. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Crusaders as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.

Despite the loss, Crooms Academy still got an impressive performance from Kenai Anderson, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 14 boards. Anderson's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Gill, who went 9 of 22 on his way to 20 points and seven rebounds.

Holy Cross Lutheran Academy's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Crooms Academy, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-8.

Holy Cross Lutheran Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 72-50 defeat against Orangewood Christian on the 30th. Crooms Academy has also already played their next contest, a 64-47 loss against Mount Dora on the 30th.