The Eastern Christian HomeSchool Trailblazers and the Columbia Wildcats will round out the year against one another at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern Christian HomeSchool has 18 straight wins, Columbia has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 22 points or more this season. Everything went their way against Terra Ceia Christian on Monday as Eastern Christian HomeSchool made off with a 62-40 victory. Given Eastern Christian HomeSchool's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while Terra Ceia Christian is ranked 526th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bre Ange, who scored 18 points. The match was Ange's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaylee Ange, who scored 18 points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 62-26, which was the final score in Columbia's tilt against Northside - Pinetown on Friday. Columbia was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 38-7.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool's victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-0. As for Columbia, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool beat Columbia 47-38 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastern Christian HomeSchool since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
