After three games on the road, Lehigh Christian Academy is heading back home. They will take on the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lehigh Christian Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 650th, while Notre Dame-Green Pond is ranked 133rd).
Lehigh Christian Academy suffered their biggest loss since December 7, 2023 on Monday. Their rough 71-45 defeat to Lehigh Valley Academy might stick with them for a while. Lehigh Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-14.
Jacob Lewis put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 32 points along with six rebounds and three steals. That was a full 71.1% of Lehigh Christian Academy's points, marking the 12th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Xavier Gross, who scored seven points.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past Northwestern Lehigh 68-66. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win Notre Dame-Green Pond has posted yet this season.
Lehigh Christian Academy dropped their record down to 3-9 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
