The Jefferson Christian Academy Cardinals were the 62-41 winner over the Lewisburg Baptist Academy Lions when they last played one another back in January of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Jefferson Christian Academy was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 44-43 to Lewisburg Baptist Academy. While losing is never fun, Jefferson Christian Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 384th in Virginia, while Lewisburg Baptist Academy is ranked 101st in West Virginia).
It was another big night for Austin Beane, who scored 20 points along with two blocks for Lewisburg Baptist Academy. That makes it three consecutive games in which Beane has scored at least a third of Lewisburg Baptist Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Dylan Wykle, who scored 15 points.
Jefferson Christian Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-18 record this season. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-7.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Jefferson Christian Academy will take on Mountain Mission at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against Mount Hope Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Lewisburg Baptist Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday.
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