Basketball Recap: Dominic Pierre Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Epiphany

While Liberty Christian Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 66-56 victory over the Epiphany Falcons on Friday. 66 seems to be a good number for the Heat as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

Liberty Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dominic Pierre led the charge by going 6 of 11 en route to 12 points along with seven boards and seven blocks. Those seven blocks gave Pierre a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Deon Whitner Jr, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Liberty Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Epiphany only racked up 17 assists.

When it comes to explaining why Epiphany lost, don't look at Thomas Lathan. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten boards. That was a full 44.6% of Epiphany's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Luke Wildauer, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.

The victory made it two in a row for Liberty Christian Academy and bumps their season record up to 6-2. As for Epiphany, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Liberty Christian Academy will host Southeastern Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season. As for Epiphany, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against East Carteret at 6:00 p.m. Epiphany is facing East Carteret at the right time seeing as East Carteret is stuck on a four-game losing streak.