Basketball Recap: Northside Christian Academy's Loss Ends Nine-Game Winning Streak at Home

Northside Christian Academy entered their game against Augusta Christian on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Northside Christian Academy Crusaders fell 86-79 to the Augusta Christian Lions. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 81st in South Carolina, while the Lions are ranked tenth in Georgia).

Northside Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jaylen Weaver, who went 10 of 24 en route to 21 points along with seven assists and seven steals. The dominant performance gave Weaver a new career-high in steals. Hilton Dessausure was another key player, going 6 for 10 on his way to 19 points and four steals.

Bryce Reynierson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Augusta Christian, putting up 32 points. Reynierson's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Uzziah Morton, who posted 15 points.

Northside Christian Academy's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-5. As for Augusta Christian, the victory was the 16th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-2.

Northside Christian Academy will be playing at home against Hammond at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Northside Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 72.8 points per game this season. As for Augusta Christian, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Augusta Christian Lions face off against the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Augusta Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 15 contests -- so hopefully Cardinal Newman likes a good challenge.