No. 1 First light Christian Academy locked up the highest seed within the GEICO nationals on Friday night time, defeating No. 3 Hyperlink Academy through a last ranking of 74-65 on the Heartland Hoops Vintage.
The loss used to be Hyperlink Academy’s first of the season after it entered the sport 26-0.
Duke dedicate Dillon Mitchell led First light Christian Academy with a game-high 23 issues, whilst Kansas signee Gradey Dick scored 16 issues and junior Scotty Middleton chipped in 13 issues.
First light Christian Academy jumped out to a 21-13 first quarter lead and regarded poised to position Hyperlink Academy away early after going up through 12 early in the second one quarter. Hyperlink Academy spoke back and in the end minimize First light Christian Academy’s result in 35-30 at halftime.
Hyperlink Academy trimmed First light Christian Academy’s result in 48-44 on the finish of the 3rd quarter. First light Christian Academy made the performs to position the sport away down the stretch, as four-star junior Layden Blocker got here up grab and Dick hit a 3 to make it an 11-point sport with 3 mins left.
Subsequent up for First light Christian Academy is a go back and forth to the Dr. Pepper Vintage subsequent weekend. Hyperlink Academy will stay on the Heartland Hoops Vintage for a Saturday night time matchup with Wasatch Academy.
