The Central Christian Crusaders suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Friday. They were dealt a 70-35 loss at the hands of Creekside Christian Academy. While losing is never fun, Central Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while Creekside Christian Academy is ranked 122nd).
Several Crusaders players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Bayleigh Seymour, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds. Sarah Passow was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with seven rebounds.
Central Christian struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Creekside Christian Academy racked up 17 assists.
Creekside Christian Academy was led to victory by Laila Placide and Skye Hunter. Placide scored 12 points along with eight rebounds and five blocks, while Hunter scored 19 points along with five rebounds and five steals. Placide hasn't dropped below two blocks for six straight games. Another player making a difference was Kyra Ware, who scored nine points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Central Christian's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Creekside Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Central Christian won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Harvester Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on January 20th. Hopefully Harvester Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 37 on January 5th. As for Creekside Christian Academy, they will be playing at home against Community Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
