Christian Life Preparatory was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were outmatched by the Abilene Christian Panthers and fell 84-44. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1151st, while the Panthers are ranked 334th).
When it comes to explaining why Christian Life Preparatory lost, don't look at Kaison Hobbs. Despite the final result, he went 5 of 10 en route to 14 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was David Wardlaw, who posted nine points.
Brysonn Waggoner had an outrageously good game for Abilene Christian as he dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten boards. With that strong performance, Waggoner is now averaging an impressive 2.1 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Colby Morrison, who went 6 for 13 on his way to 13 points in addition to five assists and three steals.
Christian Life Preparatory's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Abilene Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-6.
Christian Life Preparatory will square off against Covenant Classical at 7:30 p.m. on January 21st. Covenant Classical is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season. Abilene Christian has already played their next game, a 73-44 victory against Weatherford Christian on the 17th.
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