Orangewood Christian was the 77-56 winner over Crooms Academy when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Orangewood Christian Rams took a 78-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crooms Academy Panthers on Thursday. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
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Orangewood Christian's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Luke Ulmer, who went 7 for 15 on his way to 20 points and three steals. Ulmer has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Noah Rigg was another key player, putting up 11 points in addition to six rebounds and six steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Crooms Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kenai Anderson, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 14 boards. With that strong performance, Anderson is now averaging an impressive 8.3 rebounds per game. Another player making a difference was Julian Gill, who went 10 of 16 en route to 25 points and six boards.
Orangewood Christian's loss dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Crooms Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Orangewood Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 79-73 victory against Circle Christian on the 17th. As for Crooms Academy, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Crooms Academy Panthers duke it out with the Oasis Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crooms Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matchups -- so hopefully Oasis Christian likes a good challenge.
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