Two dominant centers in Kelly Paulk and Anelyna Cavazos are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Humble Christian Cougars and the Lifegate Christian Falcons will face off at 1:30 p.m. on February 23rd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Humble Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past Sunnybrook Christian 54-14 on the road.
Humble Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Abby Bledsoe led the charge by scoring 11 points along with eight steals and five rebounds. Bledsoe has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Camille Aguon, who scored 12 points along with five steals.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lifegate Christian had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 51-23 victory over the Wildcats. The win was familiar territory for Lifegate Christian who now have 14 in a row.
Humble Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Lifegate Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 23-1.
Humble Christian was taken down by Lifegate Christian 55-18 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Humble Christian was down 32-6.
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