First Baptist lost against Prior Lake Christian back in November of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The First Baptist Crusaders lost to the Prior Lake Christian Royals at home by a 65-47 margin. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Royals are ranked 98th).
Despite the loss, First Baptist still got an impressive performance from Isaac Wynja, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Jaeger, who posted nine points and six rebounds.
Leading Prior Lake Christian to victory were Micah Lindsey and Elijah Wilson. Lindsey dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Wilson dropped a double-double on 22 points and 14 rebounds. Wilson's evening made it 12 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Noah Morgan, who put up 11 points in addition to six rebounds and three blocks.
This is the second loss in a row for First Baptist and nudges their season record down to 4-6. As for Prior Lake Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
First Baptist will venture away from home to face off against Community Christian at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Community Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.6 points per game this season. As for Prior Lake Christian, they will be taking part in a tournament against Fourth Baptist Christian at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
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