Community Christian and Palm Grove Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Community Christian Crusaders will be playing at home against the Palm Grove Christian Gators at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Community Christian has three straight wins, Palm Grove Christian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Community Christian was able to grind out a solid victory over Land O' Lakes Christian, taking the game 59-47.
Meanwhile, Palm Grove Christian played a tough match on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 61-40 to Grace Christian. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 669th, while the Patriots are ranked 286th).
Community Christian will have to contain Carter Baker as he made an impact in Palm Grove Christian's last game. He dropped a double-double on 13 points and 15 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Baker a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Pitts, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 11 points.
Community Christian is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.4 points. As for Palm Grove Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
Everything went Community Christian's way against Palm Grove Christian when the teams last played back in January, as Community Christian made off with a 61-39 win. In that game, Community Christian amassed a halftime lead of 39-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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