Ahoskie Christian had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points), and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They really took it to Southside Christian for the full four quarters, racking up a 45-14 win on the road. Given Ahoskie Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 44th, while Southside Christian is ranked 497th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Morgan Wadsworth was her usual excellent self, scoring 27 points along with 7 steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of Ahoskie Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of McKenna Perry, who scored 4 points along with 8 rebounds.
Southside Christian's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Daniella Ure?a, who scored 3 points, and Parker Niswonger who scored 0 points.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southside Christian struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only a offensive rebound. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Ahoskie Christian pulled down 13.
Ahoskie Christian's win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Southside Christian, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Ahoskie Christian will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Trinity Christian at 11:15 a.m. on December 2nd. Trinity Christian is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune. As for Southside Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against Hilltop Christian at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Hilltop Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Friday.
