The Christ the King Crusaders were the 72-69 winner over the Community School of Davidson Spartans when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Christ the King took a 65-48 bruising from Community School of Davidson on Friday. While losing is never fun, Christ the King can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 364th, while Community School of Davidson is ranked 143rd).
Despite the loss, Christ the King still got an impressive performance from Parker Ryan, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Reimels, who scored 13 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Community School of Davidson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Austin Moran, who scored 15 points along with three steals. John Shields was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Christ the King are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-8. As for Community School of Davidson, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Christ the King will face off against Lincoln Charter at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Lincoln Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven last Saturday. As for Community School of Davidson, they will head out on the road to take on Langtree Charter at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Langtree Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Friday.
