Christian Fellowship’s Eagles picked up their first District Four win on Friday when they beat Murray 70-68. They followed it up with an 81-60 win over Heritage Christian on Friday to improve to 8-12.
Elijah Grigg led the Eagles in scoring in both wins. The junior scored 24 points against Murray and 33 against Heritage Christian.
Jakin Burnett was dialed in from beyond the arc in the win over Murray. Burnett hit five of the Eagles six 3-pointers and finished with 15 points. Against Heritage Christian, Burnett hit both of the Eagles 3-pointers in the game and had 10 points in the win.
Samuel Grigg was the Eagles second leading scorer in both wins. Grigg had 16 against Murray and 15 against Heritage Christian. Daxton Kite also finished in double figures in both wins, 14 in the Murray game and 12 against Heritage Christian.
CFS plays at Calloway County tonight and finish the week out Thursday at Fulton City and Saturday at home against Trigg County.
CFS 70, Murray 68
CFS: Elijah Grigg 24, Samuel Grigg 16, Jakin Burnett 15, Daxton Kite 14, Jake Burchett 1
CFS: FG 24/52, 3PT 6/16 (Burnett 5), FT 16/25, REB 27 (E. Grigg 11)
Murray: Maddox Mitchell 25, Harris Moore 18, Acey Armstrong 7, Wyatt Robbins 6, Aiden Lovett 2
Murray: FG 22/49, 3PT 9/28 (Mitchell 5), FT 15/25, REB 25
CFS 81, Heritage Christian 60
CFS: Elijah Grigg 33, Samuel Grigg 15, Daxton Kite 12, Jakin Burnett 10, Ashton Ramey 7, Preston Nesshoefer 2, Jake Burchett 2
CFS: FG 27/47, 3PT 2/5 (Burnett 2), FT 25/36, REB 31 (Ramey 10)
Heritage Christian: Jason Leek 37, Samuel Thompson 8, Ethan Miles 7, Jacob Morgan 3, Cooper Kirkman 3, Noah Arvin 2
Heritage Christian: FG 22/48, 3PT 6/22 (Leek 4), FT 10/12 (Leek 9/9), REB 16