Even though the Calvary Day School Cougars scored an imposing 63 points on Friday, the Carmel Christian Cougars still came out on top. Carmel Christian secured a 67-63 W over Calvary Day School. Given Carmel Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Calvary Day School is ranked 232nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carmel Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kam Taylor, who scored 19 points along with 7 rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which Taylor has scored at least 25% of Carmel Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chandler Kennedy, who scored 19 points along with 5 assists.
Calvary Day School's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Dane Cassada, who scored 24 points. The game was Cassada's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jordan Richardson, who scored 12 points along with 6 rebounds.
The win makes it two in a row for Carmel Christian and bumps their season record up to 4-5. As for Calvary Day School, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Carmel Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Cary Academy at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Cary Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Friday. As for Calvary Day School, they will square off against Bishop McGuinness at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
