If Grace Christian was feeling good fresh off their 52-28 takedown of Angleton Christian two weeks ago, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Grace Christian Eagles lost 65-43 to Texas Institute on Saturday. The Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 38-8.
Texas Institute was led to victory by Chris Bateman and Caden Young. Bateman went 5-for-8 to rack up 17 points, while Young went 7-for-14 en route to 23 points. The dominant performance also gave Bateman a new career-high in field goal percentage (63%). Rico Hernandez was another key player, putting up six points.
Grace Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Texas Institute, they pushed their record up to 22-6 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Grace Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Texas Institute, they will take on Victory Prep at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Texas Institute has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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