With a playoff game on the line, the Philadelphia Christian School Eagles rose to the challenge on Thursday. They pulled ahead with a 58-57 photo finish over the Eagles. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Appling Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jaden Drake, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 16 rebounds. Drake has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Coursey, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.
Philadelphia Christian School's victory bumped their record up to 15-8. As for Appling Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-14.
Philadelphia Christian School didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 57-52 loss vs. Bible Baptist Christian on the 16th. Appling Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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