The Teays Valley Christian Lions suffered their closest loss yet this season on Friday. They fell just short of Cross Lanes Christian by a score of 70-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Monday (63), Teays Valley Christian still had to take the loss.
Maki Cary and Wade Browder certainly did their best on Friday to try and avoid the loss. Cary scored 23 points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Browder dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds. Cary is absolutely dominating the point category: he's posted at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. Eli Pendleton was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with six assists.
Even though they lost, Teays Valley Christian were working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Cross Lanes Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ashton Gute led the charge by scoring 20 points along with five assists and three steals. Gute hasn't dropped below two steals for ten straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Shamblin, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Teays Valley Christian and nudges their season record down to 7-6. As for Cross Lanes Christian, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-2.
Teays Valley Christian won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Buffalo at 7:00 p.m. on January 13th. Hopefully Buffalo focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven last Friday. As for Cross Lanes Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against Calvary Baptist Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Calvary Baptist Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 last Monday.
