The Abundant Life Challengers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 82-64 win over Heritage Christian. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Heritage Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Mike Bowen Jr., who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Bowen Jr. has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Robinson, who scored 13 points along with three steals.
Abundant Life's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-2. As for Heritage Christian, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-4.
Abundant Life will head out on the road to take on Williams Bay at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Abundant Life has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 748 points over their last 11 matches. As for Heritage Christian, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Living Word Lutheran at 7:15 p.m. on February 6th. Heritage Christian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,460 points over their last 18 games.