Evangel Christian was the 90-69 winner over South Oldham when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Evangel Christian Eagles fell 76-68 to the South Oldham Dragons on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Dragons are ranked 12th).
This is the second loss in a row for Evangel Christian and nudges their season record down to 5-16. As for South Oldham, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Evangel Christian won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Caverna at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Caverna knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Evangel Christian likes a good challenge. As for South Oldham, they will also get right back to it: they'll square off against St. Henry at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Oldham is facing St. Henry at the right time seeing as St. Henry is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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