Wake Christian Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. Having just played yesterday, they will head out on the road to face off against the Harrells Christian Academy Crusaders at 5:15 p.m. on December 15th. Hopefully Wake Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Thursday.
On Thursday, Wake Christian Academy was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 45-44 to St. Mary's.
Despite the defeat, Wake Christian Academy had strong showings from Emma Crissman, who scored 33 points, and Caroline Hall, who scored eight points along with 11 rebounds. Crissman scored a full 75% of Wake Christian Academy's points, the 12th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 59-14, which was the final score in Harrells Christian Academy's tilt against Cape Fear Academy on Tuesday. Harrells Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-12.
Wake Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Harrells Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4.
Everything came up roses for Wake Christian Academy against Harrells Christian Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2022 as the team secured a 46-17 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wake Christian Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
