After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Victory Baptist is finally coming home. Having just played yesterday, they will get right back to it and host the Bethlehem Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Victory Baptist focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Thursday.
On Thursday, Victory Baptist was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 51-45 to Monsignor Donovan Catholic.
Despite the loss, Victory Baptist had strong showings from Brayden Jameson, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Isaiah Davis, who went 8 for 15 en route to 19 points plus six rebounds and three steals.
Even though they lost, Victory Baptist smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Bethlehem Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They took an 80-62 bruising from Collins Hill. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (59), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Bethlehem Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Victory Baptist, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Victory Baptist was dealt a bruising 73-33 defeat at the hands of Bethlehem Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in February. Thankfully for Victory Baptist, Johnny Dickinson (who went 7 for 13 en route to 19 points plus seven rebounds and two steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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