After a string of 16 wins, the Evansville Christian Eagles's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They received a tough blow as they fell 67-48 to Jeffersonville. Evansville Christian found out winning isn't easy when you don't work as a unit and post 12 fewer assists than your opponent.
Despite the loss, Evansville Christian still got an impressive performance from Josiah Dunham, who scored 22 points along with five assists. That was a full 45.8% of Evansville Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Santanna Williams was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Tre Singleton was his usual excellent self, scoring 17 points along with eight rebounds for Jeffersonville. The team also got some help courtesy of P.j. Douglas, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds.
Evansville Christian's loss ended a eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-2. As for Jeffersonville, their victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-7.
Evansville Christian will head out on the road to face off against Forest Park at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Forest Park will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Evansville Christian is ranked 28th). As for Jeffersonville, they will head out on the road to face off against Evansville Reitz at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Averaging 63.1 points so far this season, Jeffersonville's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Evansville Reitz better be ready for a challenge.
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