The Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers won the last time they faced the Calvary Chapel Academy Eagles, and things went their way on Friday too. Melbourne Central Catholic blew past Calvary Chapel Academy 61-27 at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-11.
Melbourne Central Catholic was led to victory by Henry Lane and Hayden Deane. Lane scored 15 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals, while Deane scored 18 points along with 6 assists and 6 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Hamilton, who scored 7 points along with 3 steals.
Despite the loss, Calvary Chapel Academy still got an impressive performance from Kaleb Steiger, who scored 9 points along with 5 rebounds.
The win makes it two in a row for Melbourne Central Catholic and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Calvary Chapel Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Melbourne Central Catholic will stay at home for another game and welcome Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at 6:30 p.m. on December 4th. Hopefully Pineapple Cove Classical Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Friday. Calvary Chapel Academy and Faith Christian will face off at 7:00 p.m. on December 4th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Faith Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three contests -- so hopefully Calvary Chapel Academy likes a good challenge.
