The Carolina Day Wildcats were the 46-37 winner over the Asheville Christian Academy Lions when they last played one another back in February of 2018, but their luck changed this time around. Carolina Day was the victim of a rough 57-35 defeat at the hands of the Lions on Monday. Carolina Day was down 50-25 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Defeat or not, Carolina Day got some senior leadership from Lily Everette and Taylor Williams. Everette dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Williams. dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds. Everette has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times she's played.
Carolina Day struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Asheville Christian Academy racked up 15 assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Asheville Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sara Larios, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 steals. Larios is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. Rebekah Bass was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten steals.
Carolina Day's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-6. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 20.7 points per game. As for Asheville Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 7-11.
Carolina Day won't have much time to rest: their next game is against the Lions at 5:45 p.m. on January 30th. Hopefully Asheville Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Monday. As for they, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Carolina Day at 5:45 p.m. on January 30th. Hopefully Carolina Day focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 33 on Monday.
