If New Garden Friends was feeling good fresh off their 57-11 takedown of Bradford Academy last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The New Garden Friends Bears came up short against the Asheville Christian Academy Lions on Thursday, falling 57-34. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while the Lions are ranked 34th).
| 01/16/25 vs Asheville Christian Academy | 2 |
| 01/13/25 @ Bradford Academy | 7 |
| 01/03/25 @ Westchester Country Day | 3 |
| 12/28/24 vs American | 3 |
| 12/27/24 vs Bell Creek Academy | 3 |
New Garden Friends' loss came despite strong showings from Kingston Clifton and Curtis Russell. Clifton posted 12 points, while Russell scored eight points and eight boards. Clifton has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last ten times he's played. Adrian Wilkerson was another key player, putting up four points.
New Garden Friends has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-10 record this season. As for Asheville Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
New Garden Friends has already played their next game, a 57-31 victory against Cresset Christian Academy on the 17th. Asheville Christian Academy has also already played their next matchup (against SouthLake Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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