The Liberty Christian Eagles will challenge the Prior Lake Christian Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Prior Lake Christian is headed out to face a Eagles squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Liberty Christian was beaten by St. Francis Christian 60-29 two weeks ago. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Prior Lake Christian waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They enjoyed a cozy 73-54 win over Woodcrest Baptist Academy. While the Royals didn't have the best season last year (they finished 0-3), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Prior Lake Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Elijah Wilson, who went 15 for 33 en route to 32 points plus eight rebounds and six steals, and Noah Morgan, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 19 rebounds. Wilson's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Micah Lindsey, who scored seven points in addition to six rebounds and two steals.
Prior Lake Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in five consecutive games.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
