First Baptist unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a 68-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Community Christian Community Christian on Friday. The matchup was a 24-24 toss-up at halftime, but the Crusaders couldn't quite close it out.
First Baptist lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Caleb Lindsay, who earned 21 points along with two steals. The dominant performance also gave Lindsay a new career-high in threes (three). Another player making a difference was Charles Kuenster, who scored eight points plus eight assists.
Brady Reinertson had a dynamite game for Community Christian, going 11 for 22 en route to 35 points plus six rebounds and four steals. Andrew Borstad was another key player, posting 14 points along with two steals.
The win got Community Christian back to even at 1-1.
First Baptist has already played their next game, a 45-41 victory against Varsity Opponent on the 25th. As for Community Christian, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Prior Lake Christian at 6:45 p.m. on December 13th.
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