By a scheduling quirk, the Grace Christian girls basketball team payed the same opponent – Laurel Home School – three straight games.
The first two came in the Meridian Holiday Tournament January 4. Laurel Home School won 24-14 in round robin competition, but Grace Christian was victorious in the tournament championship game 38-29.
The rubber match came in a regular season game last week, a 31-26 Laurel Home School victory, Grace Christian cut a four-point halftime deficit to one in the third quarter, but was never able to catch up. “We did not block out well at all. They won the game on offensive rebounds,” said coach Talor Troyer.
“Our defense was good. We got them to take the shots we wanted them to take, the hard, off balanced hand-in-the-face shots. But we did not do our job blocking out.”
Carly Peterson led Grace Christian with 10 points.
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The Eagles also lost to Laurel Home School 46-32. Freshman Grayson Skelton had 11 points and two assists and sophomore Bonner Brownlee nine points and nine rebounds for Grace Christian.
The Eagles picked up a forfeit when Lakeview Baptist Academy of Tupelo canceled a game due to a scheduling conflict.
“We had a good week of practice and play last week overall,” said coach Jason Morgan. “We are slowly improving in a few key areas. I think we are primed for a strong week.”
The Eagles played Diamond Grove Tuesday and have games scheduled with Victory Christian of New Albany at home Friday and on the road next Tuesday. Because Diamond Grave and Victory Christian do not have girls teams, the Lady Eagles next game will be at home Jan, 24 against Hebron Christian.
