Seacrest Country Day is 1-9 against Evangelical Christian since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Seacrest Country Day Stingrays will head out on the road to face off against the Evangelical Christian Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Even though Seacrest Country Day has not done well against Canterbury recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Seacrest Country Day walked away with a 59-48 win over Canterbury. Winning may never get old, but Seacrest Country Day sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Seacrest Country Day's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ty'Nazia Smith, who scored 13 points along with five assists and five steals, and Madison D'Elia, who scored 17 points along with nine rebounds and six steals. Smith has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kailee Hayhurst, who scored nine points along with five assists.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of St. Joseph's Academy by a score of 59-56. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Evangelical Christian has suffered yet this season.
Seacrest Country Day has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Evangelical Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 13-3.
Seacrest Country Day was taken down by Evangelical Christian 50-18 in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Seacrest Country Day was down 36-12.
