The Mars Hill Bible Panthers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They snuck past Decatur Heritage Christian Academy with a 58-54 win. That's another feather in the cap for Mars Hill Bible, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Despite the defeat, Decatur Heritage Christian Academy had strong showings from Leslie Hames, who scored 26 points along with eight rebounds, and Genie Mcghee, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals. Mcghee has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Katelyn Cooper, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds.
Mars Hill Bible pushed their record up to 14-5 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Decatur Heritage Christian Academy, their defeat ended a 23-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 22-4.
Mars Hill Bible will take on the Red Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Decatur Heritage Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
