The Heritage Christian Eagles had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.8 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wray and snuck past 62-59. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Heritage Christian was led to victory by Levi Hermsen and Raul Bertinato. Hermsen scored 20 points along with four steals, while Bertinato scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hermsen has scored all season. Jordan Harrington was another key contributor, scoring six points along with three steals.
Wray's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Rafael Trejo, who scored 21 points along with two blocks, and AB Ruiz who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Ruiz has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Adonay Gonzalez, who scored nine points along with four steals.
Heritage Christian pushed their record up to 15-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Wray, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.
Heritage Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Denver Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Denver Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Wray, they will head out on the road to take on Wiggins at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Wray focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Monday.
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