Asheville Christian Academy has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 70-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gaston Christian Eagles on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (59), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Cameron Newman was his usual excellent self, going 7-for-13 from beyond the arc on his way to 34 points along with five assists and five rebounds for Gaston Christian. Newman's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Alessandro Luparia, who posted ten points and five boards.
Asheville Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Gaston Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 20 of their last 24 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season.
Asheville Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. We've got a battle between Eagles coming up. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Concord Academy sitting on ten straight wins and Gaston Christian on eight.
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