It was a Battle of the Birds when North Hills Christian faced off against Lee Christian on Friday. The North Hills Christian Eagles snuck past the Lee Christian Falcons with a 48-43 victory. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Falcons, too.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead North Hills Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ellison Dendy, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine steals. Another player making a difference was Reese Merrell, who had 15 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.
Lee Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Madison Mashburn, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Elayna McFarland, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 18 rebounds.
The win made it two in a row for North Hills Christian and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Lee Christian, they dropped their record down to 0-5 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
North Hills Christian will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Salem Baptist Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. North Hills Christian is facing Salem Baptist Christian at the right time seeing as Salem Baptist Christian is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Lee Christian will also get a bit of a break before their next game: they'll face off against St. Thomas More Academy at 5:15 p.m. on December 3rd.
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