On Thursday, the Mt. Pleasant Christian Lions were within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 60-56 to the Evangel Christian Lightning. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Lightning are ranked 61st).
When it comes to explaining why Mt. Pleasant Christian lost, don't look at Derek Bryan. Despite the final result, he went 6 of 8 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points. Bryan is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Brown, who posted 14 points and seven rebounds.
Nick Cloud had an outrageously good game for Evangel Christian as he went 6 of 8 on his way to 16 points and five rebounds. Those 16 points gave Cloud a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Michael Gobel, who put up eight points and three steals.
Mt. Pleasant Christian's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-5. As for Evangel Christian, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-3.
Mt. Pleasant Christian will welcome Life Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mt. Pleasant Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.6 points per game this season. As for Evangel Christian, they will take on Tuscaloosa Home Educators at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Evangel Christian also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 57.7 points per game.
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