Winning is just a little bit easier when you nail nine more threes than your opponent, a fact the Sarasota Christian Blazers proved on Friday. They walked away with a 59-46 win over Cambridge Christian. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Sarasota Christian.
Sarasota Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ben Milliken led the charge by scoring 18 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Matthias Hulka, who scored 16 points along with five assists.
Cambridge Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Zay Burton, who scored 15 points. Burton has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Micaiah Farmer, who scored 12 points.
Sarasota Christian has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Cambridge Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-11.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Sarasota Christian will challenge Riverview Sarasota at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Cambridge Christian, Cambridge Christian and Brandon Academy will face off at 6:30 p.m. on January 30th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. That game will pit two of the most dominant players against one another: Shavon Birch and Burton.
