In what's become a running theme this season, the Jefferson Christian Academy Cardinals gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They blew past Roanoke Catholic 59-19 on the road. Given Jefferson Christian Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while Roanoke Catholic is ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton Dunbar continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points along with six steals and five assists. That makes it seven consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Jefferson Christian Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Abby Reed, who scored 14 points.
Jefferson Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Roanoke Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Jefferson Christian Academy will head out on the road to challenge Forsyth Home Educators at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Roanoke Catholic, they will be playing at home against Grace Christian at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grace Christian is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
