Basketball Recap: Cape Fear Christian Academy Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Kayden Dunkins and Justin Chestnutt

If Cape Fear Christian Academy was feeling good fresh off their 70-48 takedown of Lee Christian last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cape Fear Christian Academy Eagles fell just short of the New Garden Friends Bears by a score of 51-48 on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Bears: they've now lost four in a row.

Cape Fear Christian Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Justin Chestnutt, who made all 7 shots he took racking up 15 points and five rebounds, and Kayden Dunkins, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 17 points and five boards. The match was Dunkins' third in a row with at least ten points. Caden Scarborough was another key player, putting up eight points and six assists.

Curtis Russell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for New Garden Friends, posting 29 points along with seven steals and five boards. Russell has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kingston Clifton, who posted 11 points and four steals.

Cape Fear Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 15-9. As for New Garden Friends, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-11 record this season.

Cape Fear Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Garden Friends, they will host Crossroads Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New Garden Friends is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.4 points per game this season.