If the Christian Academy Saints were feeling good off their 44-13 takedown of the Calvary Christian Patriots last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Christian Academy fell 29-22 to St. James on Wednesday. Christian Academy has struggled against St. James recently, as their game on Wednesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Loss or not, Christian Academy got some senior leadership from Payton Rumley and Carly Belle Jackson. Rumley scored ten points along with six rebounds, while Jackson. scored four points along with seven rebounds and six steals. Jackson has been hot recently, having posted four or more steals the last six times she's played.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Christian Academy struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as St. James posted ten assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. James to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sanaa Skinner, who scored six points along with seven steals and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Breanna Mccall, who scored 12 points.
Christian Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-6. As for St. James, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-9.
Christian Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Pee Dee Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Wednesday. As for St. James, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Sumter at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. James is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Sumter a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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