It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hope Christian Academy can now relate to. They were outmatched by the Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders and fell 48-13. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 671st in Florida, while the Crusaders are ranked 323rd in Georgia).
When it comes to explaining why Hope Christian Academy lost on Thursday, don't look at Addyson Wilson. Despite the final result, she posted seven points. That was a full 53.8% of Hope Christian Academy's points, marking the 13th time in a row Wilson has scored more than a third of the team's points.
Faith Baptist Christian Academy was led to victory by Sophie Sellars and Madison Starr. Sellars to rack up 12 points, while Starr put up ten points and six rebounds. Starr has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 18 times she's played. Emree Mattingly was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Hope Christian Academy is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 15-8.
Hope Christian Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 41-19 loss against Brunswick Christian Academy on the 13th. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 42-38 victory against Open Bible Christian on the 14th.
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