Riverside Christian was the 53-19 winner over First Christian when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Riverside Christian Wranglers fell 51-43 to the First Christian Lions on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Wranglers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 554th, while the Lions are ranked 211th).
First Christian found their leader in sophomore Reagan Davis, who almost dropped a double-double on 34 points and nine rebounds. That makes it 12 consecutive games in which Davis has scored at least a third of First Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Analy Ellis, who posted two points in addition to five assists and five steals.
Riverside Christian's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for First Christian, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Riverside Christian will welcome Branford at 6:00 p.m. on January 16th. As for First Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 56-20 victory against Bronson on the 10th.
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