Even though the Shining Light Baptist Academy Sharks have not done well against the Victory Christian Cardinals recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Shining Light Baptist Academy walked away with a 39-29 win over Victory Christian. For Shining Light Baptist Academy, this counts as revenge for the 51-40 defeat Victory Christian walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Shining Light Baptist Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Rebekah Henegar, who scored 19 points along with 5 steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Henegar has scored at least 25% of Shining Light Baptist Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucy Haywood, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Shining Light Baptist Academy's win bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Victory Christian, they bumped their record down to 6-5 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Shining Light Baptist Academy will square off against Southview Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Victory Christian will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Reynolds Mountain Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on December 18th.
