On Friday, the Landmark Christian War Eagles came up short against the Business Engineering Science Tech Eagles and fell 79-71. While losing is never fun, the War Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Eagles are ranked 89th).
Despite the loss, Landmark Christian still got an impressive performance from Blake Pollock, who went 9 for 18 on his way to 24 points and five assists. That was a full 33.8% of Landmark Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jo?Van Freeny, who put up ten points and five rebounds.
Business Engineering Science Tech got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jacob Mickell out in front who went 9 of 19 en route to 26 points and five boards. Mickell has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Joshua Mickell was another key player, putting up 18 points along with eight rebounds and five steals.
Landmark Christian's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5. As for Business Engineering Science Tech, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-5.
Landmark Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 65-62 loss against Mount Vernon on the 28th. As for Business Engineering Science Tech, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 65-55 defeat against Walker on the 25th.
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