The Temple Baptist Academy Royal Crusaders couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a 62-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Berean Academy on Friday. Temple Baptist Academy has not had much luck with Berean Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Berean Academy can attribute much of their success to Austen Harvey, who scored 25 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Harvey has scored at least 25% of Berean Academy's points. Colton Ware was another key contributor, scoring 9 points.
Temple Baptist Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Berean Academy, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Temple Baptist Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Maryville Christian at 7:30 p.m. on December 15th. As for Berean Academy, they will be playing at home against Oakwood Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
