Grace Christian is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Martin County. Grace Christian had to suffer through a 93-47 loss at the hands of the Martin County Cardinals. Grace Christian was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 53-29.
Parker Watts continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Martin County, going 14 for 21 on his way to 32 points and six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Watts has scored at least a third of Martin County's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Davis, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds.
Grace Christian dropped their record down to 2-3 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Martin County, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Grace Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 50-42 victory against Morgantown Christian Academy on the 20th. As for Martin County, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 74-63 win against Pikeville on the 14th.
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