The Pipestem Christian Academy Panthers will take on the Jefferson Christian Academy Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Pipestem Christian Academy comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Pipestem Christian Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 53-32 to Lewisburg Baptist Academy two weeks ago.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Michaela Bean, who went 5 of 6 en route to 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Moriah Mattox, who posted eight points.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Christian Academy played a tough game on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Patrick Henry, falling 59-35. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Patriots are ranked 45th).
Abby Reed was Jefferson Christian Academy's leading scorer, having posted eight points. Gabby Ramirez-Gordon held things down on the boards with seven rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with six assists.
Jefferson Christian Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season. As for Pipestem Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
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