The Mooresville Christian Eagles will be playing at home against the Crosspointe Christian Academy Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Mooresville Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 last Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Mooresville Christian was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 29-25 to Colonial Christian. Mooresville Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Mooresville Christian saw an underclassman step up: Bailey Hayden scored seven points along with nine rebounds. Korah Pitcock was another key contributor, scoring four points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Crosspointe Christian Academy came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They pulled ahead with a 44-43 photo finish over Indianapolis HomeSchool Wildcats.
Mooresville Christian dropped their record down to 3-12 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 24.7 points per game. As for Crosspointe Christian Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Mooresville Christian ended up a good deal behind Crosspointe Christian Academy when the teams last played back in January, losing 43-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crosspointe Christian Academy's Trinity Yeiter, who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and six steals. Now that Mooresville Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
