The Valley Christian Lions and the Stone Ridge Christian Knights squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Valley Christian Lions had to settle for second. The match between them and the Knights wasn't particularly close, with the Lions falling 91-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (71), Valley Christian still had to take the loss.
Valley Christian's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Malachi Urena, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds, and Chase Clary who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Urena has scored all season. Ian Glaspy was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with eight assists and three steals.
Kassius Salazar continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Stone Ridge Christian, scoring 31 points along with six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Daijon O?neil, who scored 25 points along with six assists and two steals.
Valley Christian's loss dropped their record down to 19-11. As for Stone Ridge Christian, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 23-8.
Valley Christian will head out on the road to face off against Cornerstone Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cornerstone Christian is coming into the matchup with 16 straight wins at home, so Valley Christian will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Stone Ridge Christian will take on Point Arena at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Point Arena's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 15 contests.
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