Gaston Day is 8-2 against Westminster Catawba Christian since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Gaston Day Spartans just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Westminster Catawba Christian Indians at 7:00 p.m. Gaston Day is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.5 points per game this season.
Gaston Day is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest loss since December 1, 2023 on Monday. They came up short against Gaston Christian, falling 72-48. The Spartans were down 57-32 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
| 01/13/25 @ Gaston Christian | 17 |
| 11/21/24 @ Westchester Country Day | 11 |
| 11/19/24 @ Hickory Christian Academy | 10 |
| 11/08/24 vs Piedmont Community Charter | 9 |
| 12/27/24 vs Shelby | 8 |
Despite the defeat, Gaston Day had strong showings from Dyson Britt, who posted 17 points, and Ben Chotkowski, who put up ten points and seven rebounds. Those 17 points gave Britt a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Hunter Gerould, who had four points.
Meanwhile, Westminster Catawba Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They received a blow as they fell 58-44 to Gaston Christian. The game marked the Indians' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Gaston Day will have to keep a close watch on Brycen Redmon and MJ Littlejohn, a pair of players who had a big impact on Westminster Catawba Christian's prior game. Redmon went 6 of 13 on his way to 22 points, while Littlejohn posted eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Hayes, who put up two points.
Gaston Day's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 14-6. As for Westminster Catawba Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Gaston Day hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 68.5 points per game. However, it's not like Westminster Catawba Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 61.7 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Everything went Gaston Day's way against Westminster Catawba Christian in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as Gaston Day made off with a 65-44 victory. Does Gaston Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will Westminster Catawba Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
