The Birchwood Christian Warriors managed to keep up with the Cook Inlet Academy Eagles until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Birchwood Christian suffered a tough 56-34 defeat at the hands of Cook Inlet Academy. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Birchwood Christian in their matchups with Cook Inlet Academy: they've now lost eight in a row.
Birchwood Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Andrew Severns, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds and six assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Worland, who scored nine points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cook Inlet Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ian McGarry, who scored 26 points. McGarry has been hot recently, having posted 21 or more points the last six times he's played. Alek McGarry was another key contributor, scoring 18 points.
Birchwood Christian's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Cook Inlet Academy, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-2.
Birchwood Christian will head out on the road to face off against Non Varsity Opponent at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Birchwood Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 28 on Friday. As for Cook Inlet Academy, they will be playing at home against Aniak at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Cook Inlet Academy's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 14 games.
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