Having just played yesterday, the Cornerstone Christian Academy Cougars will get right back to it and host the Columbus Christian Academy Pacers at 5:00 p.m. on January 19th. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cornerstone Christian Academy has four straight victories, Columbus Christian Academy has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cornerstone Christian Academy stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They really took it to Liberty Christian Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 67-33 victory on the road. Given Cornerstone Christian Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while Liberty Christian Academy is ranked 642nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Joseph Lemmon, who scored 35 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Cornerstone Christian Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Jaylen Bennett, who scored 16 points.
Meanwhile, Columbus Christian Academy was beaten by Mintz Christian Academy 59-17 last Thursday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Columbus Christian Academy has scored all season.
Cornerstone Christian Academy's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Columbus Christian Academy, they bumped their record down to 0-5 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Everything came up roses for Cornerstone Christian Academy against Columbus Christian Academy when the teams last played back in January of 2023 as the team secured a 71-22 win. With Cornerstone Christian Academy ahead 45-16 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
