Faith Christian hasn't had much luck against Humble Christian recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Faith Christian Saints will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Humble Christian Cougars at 5:00 p.m. Hopefully Faith Christian focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Tuesday.
Faith Christian is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They fell to Bay Area Christian 36-30. The Saints just can't catch a break and have now endured seven defeats in a row dating back to last season.
Despite the loss, Faith Christian had strong showings from Alexa Tomlison, who scored eight points plus 19 rebounds and four steals, and Ellieana Milford, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, Faith Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in six consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Humble Christian just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 51-26 to Lifegate Christian. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Falcons: they've now lost four in a row.
Faith Christian took a serious blow against Humble Christian when the teams last played back in February, falling 50-19. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Faith Christian was down 36-10.
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