The Trinity Christian Academy Eagles suffered their biggest defeat since December 7, 2023 on Monday. Their rough 61-41 loss to City of Life Christian Academy might stick with them for a while. Trinity Christian Academy was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as City of Life Christian Academy apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in December of 2023.
Several Eagles players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Haylee Morelli, who scored 20 points along with seven rebounds. That was a full 48.8% of Trinity Christian Academy's points, marking the 14th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Marrero, who scored eight points along with ten rebounds.
City of Life Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Talia St hilaire led the charge by scoring 18 points along with eight steals and seven rebounds. St hilaire has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Faith Wener, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Trinity Christian Academy and nudges their season record down to 6-8. As for City of Life Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Trinity Christian Academy won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Foundation Academy at 4:00 p.m. on January 23rd. Foundation Academy's defense has only allowed 29.8 points per game this season, so Trinity Christian Academy's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for City of Life Christian Academy, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against The First Academy at 5:30 p.m.
