Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes suffered their closest defeat since December 6th on Saturday. They fell just short of the Marion Patriots by a score of 66-64. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 218th in Texas, while the Patriots are ranked 14th in Arkansas).
Marion was led to victory by Chandler Randle and Jalen Neal. Randle posted 21 points, while Neal earned 19 points. The dominant performance gave Randle a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikell Lewis, who had ten points.
Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes' loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Marion, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes will head out to challenge First Baptist at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. First Baptist is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.7 points per game this season. After both having extra time off, Marion and West Memphis will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on January 10, 2025. Marion also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 54.9 points per game.
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