Praise Academy was the 78-65 winner over Central Christian when they last played one another back in November of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Praise Academy Lions took a 68-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Central Christian Crusaders. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (62), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Central Christian was led to victory by Carter Patterson and Avery Steidinger. Patterson dropped a double-double on 18 points and 21 rebounds, while Steidinger went 11 of 21 en route to 27 points in addition to six assists and five boards. With that strong performance, Patterson is now averaging an impressive 9.1 boards per game. Another player making a difference was Lukas Crane, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 13 points.
Praise Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-12 record this season. As for Central Christian, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-9.
Praise Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Central Christian, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Holy Ground Baptist Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Central Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.6 points per game this season.
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