The Eagle's Landing Christian Academy Chargers's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fifth straight loss. Their rough 57-33 defeat to Landmark Christian might stick with them for a while. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in their matchups with Landmark Christian: they've now lost six in a row.
Layla Lewis and Jazmine Lopez certainly did their best on Friday to try and avoid the loss. Lewis scored 12 points, while Lopez scored 17 points along with seven rebounds. That was a full 51.5% of Eagle's Landing Christian Academy's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Landmark Christian's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Melody Painter, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Painter has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Nikolette Soden, who scored 17 points.
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy has traveled a rocky road recently, as they've lost seven of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season. As for Landmark Christian, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Callaway at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Callaway is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. As for Landmark Christian, they will challenge Towers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Towers will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 529th, while Landmark Christian is ranked 198th).
