The Village Christian Crusaders had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 62-52 victory over Hart. This was payback for Village Christian, who suffered a 48-46 loss the last time these two teams met.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Village Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alanna Neale, who scored 22 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Neale hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Layla Davis, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Hart still got an impressive performance from Morgan Mack, who scored 20 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals. The contest was Mack's third in a row with at least ten points. Andrea Aina was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Village Christian's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Hart, they have fallen quite a ways from their 29-5 record last season and are now at 1-2.
Village Christian will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Calabasas at 3:00 p.m. on December 2nd. As for Hart, they will head out on the road to face off against Valencia at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Valencia focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Tuesday.
