Grace Christian Cougars drop another tight game against Georgia Christian
Published 10:59 am Friday, January 17, 2025
Junior Luke Boyett aggressively gets to the rim and attacking his defender.
No. 5 Cade Wells (on-ball defender) and Keith Eidson look to cause havoc on defense and create a turnover.
The Georgia Christian Generals were awarded two free throws following a technical foul from a missed dunk and hanging on the rim.
Luke Boyett finished with a team-leading 16 points looks to attack the gap in the Generals defense.
Keith Eidson at the free throw line in a tightly contested 34-32 ball game in the middle of the third quarter.
Luke Boyett attacks the offensive boards and puts the ball back for a critical two points.
Trailing by three in the fourth quarter the GCA Cougars get low in their defensive stance to get a stop.
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Thursday night, inside Perry Memorial Gymnasium, the energy was depleted in the last 16 minutes of action. The Grace Christian Cougars finished with a sour 54-47 defeat to the Georgia Christian Generals in non-region play. At the break, the Cougars held a one-point lead, 27-26, against Georgia Christian behind quick ball movement, a streaky shooting performance out of the gates, and full-court ball pressure defense.
The Cougars (5-11, 1-2) had three players in double-figures and were led by No. 2 Luke Boyett with 16 points, No. 10 Keith Eidson scoring 15 points behind a 60 percent field goal percentage, and No. 20 Dawson Worley with 11 points well shooting three-for-five behind the arc.
The Cougars have lost by an average of eight points in their three losses since coming back from break. It’s the minute details that have determined the outcome of games that haven’t gone in the favor of this fierce Grace Christian boys basketball team.
“We have to learn how to close in the fourth quarter,” Grace Christian boys basketball coach Chris Williams said. “we’re right there every time.”
The difference Coach Williams envisions his Cougars swinging the crucial final five minutes of games is communicating on defense, and not worrying about the other stats.
“You can’t win unless you communicate,” coach Williams said. “Because you have to work as hard in those aspects of calling out screens, and getting better reads.”
The Cougars will host Highland Christian tonight at 7:30 p.m. A win would improve GCA to 2-2 in GIAA A Region 3 play putting them in a prime position to control their destiny.
