The Gaston Day Spartans will be playing at home against the Metrolina Christian Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Gaston Day's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight contests.
Gaston Day pushed their score all the way to 63 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 81-63 bruising from Gaston Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), Gaston Day still had to take the loss.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Deshawn Coulter, who scored 15 points along with three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kurt Hunter, who scored 16 points along with two steals.
Gaston Day struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only an offensive rebound. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Gaston Christian pulled down eight offensive rebounds.
Meanwhile, Metrolina Christian Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 44-40 to the Lions. Metrolina Christian Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Gaston Day's loss dropped their record down to 16-11. As for Metrolina Christian Academy, they have not been sharp recently as the team's lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-16 record this season.
Everything went Gaston Day's way against the Warriors in their previous matchup two weeks ago as the Spartans made off with a 68-48 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Metrolina Christian Academy's Nick Crews, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gaston Day still be able to contain Crews? There's only one way to find out.
