Even though the Seffner Christian Crusaders scored an imposing 62 points on Saturday, the Altamonte Christian Eagles still came out on top. Altamonte Christian took their contest against Seffner Christian 74-62. The win made it back-to-back wins for Altamonte Christian.
Altamonte Christian was led to victory by Ryan Almeda and Vincent Lee. Almeda went 7 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 27 points and 1 assists, while Lee dropped a triple-double on 13 points, ten rebounds, and ten assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which Almeda has scored at least 25% of Altamonte Christian's points. Samuel Santana was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with four steals.
Altamonte Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Seffner Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-7.
Altamonte Christian will look to defend their home court on Monday against Ocala Christian at 7:00 p.m. Ocala Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 749th, while Altamonte Christian is ranked 283rd). Seffner Christian and Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 11 games.
