Somerset entered their contest against Danville Christian Academy on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Somerset Briar Jumpers opened the new year with a less-than-successful 49-36 loss to the Danville Christian Academy Warriors. The match marked the Briar Jumpers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Danville Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Titus Boyd led the charge by putting up 13 points in addition to six assists and five steals. Boyd has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Leek Ateny, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards.
Somerset's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-6. As for Danville Christian Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2.
Somerset will venture away from home to take on Southwestern at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Southwestern's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. As for Danville Christian Academy, they will challenge Madison Southern at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Danville Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season.
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