Westminster Catawba Christian is 2-8 against Gaston Day since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Westminster Catawba Christian Indians will challenge the Gaston Day Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Westminster Catawba Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.7 points per game this season.
Westminster Catawba Christian is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Thursday. They took a 58-44 bruising from Gaston Christian. The contest marked the Indians' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Westminster Catawba Christian's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brycen Redmon, who went 6 of 13 on his way to 22 points, and MJ Littlejohn, who posted eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Hayes, who put up two points.
Meanwhile, Gaston Day suffered their biggest defeat since December 1, 2023 on Monday. They came up short against Gaston Christian, falling 72-48. The Spartans were down 57-32 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Westminster Catawba Christian will have to keep a close watch on Dyson Britt and Ben Chotkowski, a pair of players who had a big impact on Gaston Day's prior game. Britt had 17 points, while Chotkowski posted ten points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Britt a new career-high in boards (two). Another player making a difference was Hunter Gerould, who put up four points.
Gaston Day's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 14-6. As for Westminster Catawba Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-12.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Westminster Catawba Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 61.7 points per game. However, it's not like Gaston Day struggles in that department as they've been averaging 68.5 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Westminster Catawba Christian suffered a grim 65-44 defeat to Gaston Day in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can Westminster Catawba Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
