Southwest Florida Christian was the 58-44 winner over Evangelical Christian when they last played one another back in February, but their luck changed this time around. The Southwest Florida Christian King's fell just short of the Evangelical Christian Sentinels by a score of 59-56 on Friday. The loss was the King's first of the season.
Leading Evangelical Christian to victory were David Morris and Melvin Mckay. Morris dropped a double-double on 15 points and 14 rebounds, while Mckay went 7 for 13 en route to 18 points. The dominant performance also gave Morris a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five). Drew Irwin was another key player, posting nine points along with eight rebounds.
Having lost for the first time this season, Southwest Florida Christian fell to 2-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Southwest Florida Christian will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Marco Island Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Evangelical Christian also won't see the court for a while: their next matchup is against DeSoto County at 7:30 p.m. on December 3rd.
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