Basketball Recap: Christ's Church Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against KIPP Bold City

Eagles

Team Score

01/24/25 vs KIPP Bold City	81
01/17/25 @ Trinity Christian Academy	73
12/09/24 @ Covenant School of Jacksonville	68
01/23/25 vs Old Plank Christian Academy	67
01/14/25 @ St. Johns Classical Academy	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Christ's Church Academy). They blew past the KIPP Bold City Greyhounds, posting an 81-39 victory. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.

Christ's Church Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jackson Olson led the charge by dropping a double-double on 22 points and 15 boards. The dominant performance gave OlsOn a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Simms, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards.

Christ's Church Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as KIPP Bold City only racked up 13 assists.

KIPP Bold City lost on Friday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Joel Hunt, who posted eight points. Hunt is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 17 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Kayland Byirt, who put up four points and seven rebounds.

Christ's Church Academy pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.6 points per game. As for KIPP Bold City, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-7.

Christ's Church Academy and KIPP Bold City should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings. Christ's Church Academy (ranked 363rd) will meet Warner Christian Academy (ranked 767th) at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Christ's Church Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.4 points per game this season. Meanwhile, KIPP Bold City will challenge Global Outreach Charter Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday up 302 places (274 vs. 576).