After flying high against Veritas Collegiate Academy last Monday, King's Christian Academy came back down to earth. The Eagles took an 80-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of the New Hope Academy Regional Tigers on Wednesday. The contest was a 35-35 toss-up at halftime, but the Eagles couldn't quite close it out.
Elijah Burgess
| 12/03/25 vs New Hope Academy Regional | 20 |
| 11/24/25 vs Veritas Collegiate Academy | 17 |
| 11/22/25 vs Holly Grove Christian | 16 |
| 11/20/25 @ Saint James | 17 |
King's Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Elijah Burgess, who posted 20 points and three blocks. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Cayden Williams, who shot 50% from the field to rack up 17 points in addition to seven assists and five rebounds.
Kellen Powell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for New Hope Academy Regional, shooting 4-for-6 from deep and dropping a double-double with 24 points and 11 boards. Those 11 rebounds gave Powell a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ade Jiles, who put up 17 points.
King's Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for New Hope Academy Regional, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 5-2.
Coming up, King's Christian Academy will challenge Patuxent at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for New Hope Academy Regional, they will square off against Gerstell Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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