The Temple Christian Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Christian Heritage Academy Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Temple Christian ended up a good deal behind Regents and lost 52-38. The Crusaders haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Christian Heritage Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell 45-32 to Roanoke Valley Christian. The Knights were down 40-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Temple Christian will need focus on slowing down Aaron Lawrence, one of several Christian Heritage Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He posted six points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Mason, who scored eight points and six rebounds.
Christian Heritage Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Temple Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
Temple Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Christian Heritage Academy when the teams last played back in January, winning 58-47. The rematch might be a little tougher for Temple Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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