The Christiana Vikings pushed their score all the way to 59 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 60-59 to ASPIRA Charter.
Zy'aire Gibson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for ASPIRA Charter, scoring 49 points along with seven rebounds. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Gibson has scored at least a third of ASPIRA Charter's points. Another player making a difference was Joel Pinder, who scored no points along with 12 rebounds and two blocks.
Christiana's defeat dropped their record down to 4-8. As for ASPIRA Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season.
Christiana will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Appoquinimink at 4:45 p.m. As for ASPIRA Charter, they will head out on the road to challenge Concord at 4:45 p.m. on Friday.
