Faith Christian Academy won the last time they faced Kansas City East Christian Academy and things went their way on Saturday too. The Faith Christian Academy Knights snuck past the Kansas City East Christian Academy Lions with a 58-52 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Lions are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ryder Cartwright, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 boards. That's the most rebounds Cartwright has posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Maddox Carrillo, who posted 12 points.
Faith Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Kansas City East Christian Academy, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-14.
Faith Christian Academy has already played their next contest (against Mid-Buchanan), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Kansas City East Christian Academy has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Christ Prep Academy.
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