Landmark Christian suffered their closest defeat since December 22, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Mount Vernon Mustangs by a score of 65-62. The War Eagles were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Mustangs apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February of 2016.
Despite the loss, Landmark Christian still got an impressive performance from Blake Pollock, who went 9 for 18 on his way to 21 points and six rebounds. That was a full 33.9% of Landmark Christian's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Saunders, who went 7 of 16 en route to 16 points in addition to five boards and three steals.
Landmark Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Mount Vernon, they pushed their record up to 12-8 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Landmark Christian has already played their next game (against Wesleyan), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mount Vernon will head out on the road to face off against Paideia at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Paideia knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Mount Vernon likes a good challenge.
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