The Lanier Christian Academy Lightning will head out on the road to challenge the West Hall Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Lanier Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Lanier Christian Academy slipped by the Rangers 49-48.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lanier Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jia Thapar, who scored 20 points along with four steals. Adelyn Gough was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, West Hall's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their third straight defeat. They were outmatched by Wesleyan at home and fell 77-17. While losing is never fun, West Hall can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 450th, while the Wolves are ranked fifth).
Lanier Christian Academy pushed their record up to 16-8 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points per game. As for West Hall, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
