Countryside Christian is 2-8 against Meadowbrook Academy since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Countryside Christian Minutemen will be playing at home against the Meadowbrook Academy Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Countryside Christian's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight loss. They took a 53-36 bruising from Riverside Christian.
Meanwhile, Meadowbrook Academy pushed their score all the way to 64 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Taylor by a score of 67-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Thursday (61), Meadowbrook Academy still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Meadowbrook Academy saw an underclassman step up: Tico Smith scored 25 points along with 3 steals. Smith scored a full 39.1% of Meadowbrook Academy's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Zach Ross was another key contributor, scoring 8 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
The losses dropped Countryside Christian to 0-3 and Riverside Christian to 2-3.
Countryside Christian came up short against Meadowbrook Academy when the teams last played back in January, falling 45-38. Thankfully for Countryside Christian, William Henry (who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 15 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
