Basketball Recap: Harvest Temple Christian Academy Takes a Loss

Harvest Temple Christian Academy lost against Monclova Christian Academy back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Harvest Temple Christian Academy fell 73-63 to the Monclova Christian Academy Thunder. While losing is never fun, Harvest Temple Christian Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 669th, while Monclova Christian Academy is ranked 333rd).

Lucas Weirich

Rebounds

02/25/25 vs Monclova Christian Academy	15
01/28/25 vs Put-in-Bay	12
12/03/24 vs Northwest Ohio Christian Home Educators	11
01/17/25 vs Families of Faith Christian Academy	10
12/13/24 @ Roanoke Baptist	10
+ 17 more games

Despite the loss, Harvest Temple Christian Academy still got an impressive performance from Lucas Weirich, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Weirich has become a key player for Harvest Temple Christian Academy: the team is 6-3 when he posts at least eight boards, but 7-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Travis Weirich, who shot 55% from the field en route to 16 points.

It was another big night for Kip Shank, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds for Monclova Christian Academy. The dominant performance gave Shank a new career-high in boards. Karter Shank was another key player, putting up 16 points and eight rebounds.

This is the second loss in a row for Harvest Temple Christian Academy and nudges their season record down to 13-11. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points over those games. As for Monclova Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season.

Harvest Temple Christian Academy has already played their next match, a 57-32 win against Ohio E on the 28th. As for Monclova Christian Academy, they will take on Wickenburg Christian Academy in a tournament on March 6th. Monclova Christian Academy has given up an average of 51.6 points per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.