The West End Christian Crusaders will challenge the Millwood Bobcats at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. West End Christian will be strutting in after a victory while Millwood will be coming in after a loss.
On Friday, West End Christian had just enough and edged Farmville Homeschool out 40-37. That's two games straight that the Crusaders have won by exactly three points.
Meanwhile, Millwood entered their matchup against Banner Christian on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Millwood fell just short of Banner Christian by a score of 43-40.
Millwood might have lost, but man, Griffin Aktalay was a machine: he earned 19 points along with five rebounds and two steals. That was a full 47.5% of Millwood's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hazem Elkarim, who had six points plus ten rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Millwood smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive matches.
Millwood's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for West End Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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