The University Christian Christians's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Evangelical Christian Sentinels at 5:00 p.m. on February 27th. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only University Christian walked away with it. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 32-30 win over the Fighting Eagles on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Christian came tearing into Thursday's matchup with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down Neumann 61-42. Evangelical Christian pushed the score to 51-27 by the end of the third, a deficit Neumann cut but never quite recovered from.
Evangelical Christian's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zaira Mitchell, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddie O'berski, who scored ten points along with four steals.
University Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Evangelical Christian, they pushed their record up to 24-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
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