It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Heritage Christian Academy Chargers had no problem doing just that on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Mustangs out 56-54. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Heritage Christian Academy.
Heritage Christian Academy's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Landon Pittman, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Timothy Dietz was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with five steals.
Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Cortland Carson, who scored 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Weide, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten assists.
Speaking of assists, Iola were working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heritage Christian Academy only racked up 11 assists.
Heritage Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Iola, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-10.
Heritage Christian Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 58-41 victory vs. Humboldt on the 29th. Iola does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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