Granville Christian Academy played a tough match on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Genoa Christian Academy, falling 74-49. While losing is never fun, Granville Christian Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 726th, while Genoa Christian Academy is ranked 317th).
Genoa Christian Academy found their leader in sophomore Jackson Kirura, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Kirura has scored at least a third of Genoa Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Taylor, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 17 points and five steals.
Granville Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Genoa Christian Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-1.
Granville Christian Academy will be playing at home against Madison Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Granville Christian Academy is facing Madison Christian at the right time seeing as Madison Christian is stuck on a five-game losing streak. Genoa Christian Academy has already played their next contest (against Temple Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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