After starting their season with six straight games on the road, Mid-Missouri HomeSchool is finally coming home. They will host the Kansas City East Christian Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Mid-Missouri HomeSchool focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 13 on Saturday.
Mid-Missouri HomeSchool managed to keep up with St. Louis Christian HomeSchool until halftime, but things quickly went downhill from there. Mid-Missouri HomeSchool came up short against St. Louis Christian HomeSchool, falling 61-38.
Despite the loss, Mid-Missouri HomeSchool got top-tier performance from Kyle Aulgur, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. That was a full 34.2% of Mid-Missouri HomeSchool's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Lovell, who scored four points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Kansas City East Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 68-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lighthouse Christian.
Kansas City East Christian Academy might have lost, but man, Ryder Cartwright was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 17 points and 17 rebounds. With that strong performance, Cartwright is now averaging an impressive 8.8 rebounds per game. Another player making a difference was Maddox Carrillo, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Mid-Missouri HomeSchool's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Kansas City East Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Mid-Missouri HomeSchool has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 25.8 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Kansas City East Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 31.2. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Mid-Missouri HomeSchool strolled past Kansas City East Christian Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 63-48. Will Mid-Missouri HomeSchool repeat their success, or does Kansas City East Christian Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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