Alex Gloden of Temple Baptist Christian School basketball
Despite 37 points from Cody Swayze, the Temple Baptist Christian School could not earn the season sweep over Victory Baptist on Tuesday night. Trying to get their second straight win over their rivals from Shelbyville, the Eagles came up short by a 71 to 69 score. The JV Eagles were dominated by the Victory JV in a 49 to 7 decision.
Trailing by 2 in the final seconds, Temple could not get a game tying, or potential game winning, shot to fall against Victory. After Temple took an 8 point lead into halftime, the visiting Patriots double teamed Swayze throughout the 2nd half in an attempt to slow the senior down. Swayze, averaging 36 points a game, was held to 18 points in the 2nd half as Victory was able to rally for the win. Alex Gloden had 15 points for Temple while brother Mich added 10. The loss drops the Eagles record to 7 and 5 on the season. In the JV game, Alex Gloden, David Tran and John Green each had 2 points to lead the Eagle attack.
Temple will be back in action on Friday night as they play host to Franklin Road Christian out of Murfreesboro. The Varsity game will get underway at 6 PM at the E.C. Bailey Gym at Temple Baptist Christian School.
