Mich Gloden of Temple Baptist Christian School basketball
The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team welcomed the Shenandoah Baptist Academy to the E.C Bailey Gym on Thursday night. Playing host to the visitors from Cleveland, Tennessee, the Eagles were looking to close out the 2018 portion of the season with a win. The JV Eagles won the JV game 37 to 19. The varsity ground out a 56 to 51 win.
In the JV game, the Eagles held the visiting Lions to 6 points in the second half in the win. Temple was led in scoring by Alex Gloden who had 11 points. David Tran, Isaac Stewart, Nathan Baker, John Green and Sam Floyd all added 4 points.
In the varsity game, the Eagles built a double digit lead going into the 4th quarter and had to hold off a late Lion rally to capture the 56 to 51 win. Cody Swayze led the Eagles in scoring with 43 points. Mich Gloden added 9 points and Alex Gloden chipped in 4 points.
Temple is now off until January 15th when they travel to Jamestown to take on Faith Christian. That game will begin at 5:30 PM.
