Recap: Pathway Christian vs. Morning Star Academy Mustangs
Pathway Christian struggled with assists on Tuesday (the Morning Star Academy Mustangs had 12 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Pathway Christian suffered a tough 52-31 defeat at the hands of Morning Star Academy. Pathway Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Pathway Christian had strong showings from Ryker Miller, who scored 12 points along with two steals, and Denver Nelson, who scored ten points.
Gavin Trotter continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Morning Star Academy, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Trotter has scored at least a third of Morning Star Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Curry, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Pathway Christian has not been sharp recently as the team's lost eight of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season. As for Morning Star Academy, they pushed their record up to 10-8 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Pathway Christian will face off against Morning Star Academy at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Pathway Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday. As for Morning Star Academy, they will square off against Pathway Christian at 1:00 p.m. Pathway Christian and Morning Star Academy are at an even 4-4 over their past eight head-to-heads.
