The Christian Community Colts were the 66-61 winner over the Franklin Road Christian Minutemen when they last played one another back in November of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Christian Community fell to Franklin Road Christian 59-54.
Noah Pence continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Franklin Road Christian, scoring 26 points along with three steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Pence has scored at least 25% of Franklin Road Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Pierre DeShields, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Christian Community's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Franklin Road Christian, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with that victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season.
Christian Community is on the road again on Thursday and play against West Florida Baptist Academy at 9:20 a.m. on January 11th. West Florida Baptist Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 491st in Florida, while Christian Community is ranked 223rd in Tennessee). Franklin Road Christian won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Pleasant View Christian at 7:30 p.m. on January 9th. Pleasant View Christian and Franklin Road Christian are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
