On Saturday, everything came up roses for Newcastle at home against Ovilla Christian as the team secured a 59-16 win.
When it comes to explaining why Ovilla Christian lost, one person who can't be blamed is Sophie Henry. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds. Henry scored a full 75% of Ovilla Christian's points, the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
The win got Newcastle back to even at 1-1. As for Ovilla Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Newcastle will take on Olney at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Olney is hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses. Ovilla Christian will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Victory Baptist Academy at 6:00 p.m. on December 12th. Victory Baptist Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1176th, while Ovilla Christian is ranked 234th).
