Storm vs. RCA

New Life Storm 46 Raleigh Christian Academy Eagles 51

For the second year in a row, the NLC Storm were the guests for Homecoming at Raleigh Christian Academy. This year, though, the Storm was not able to dampen the festivities, losing 51-46. The game was back and forth for most of the first quarter, but turnovers helped the Eagles pull out to an 8-point lead at the beginning of the second quarter and maintain a 5-point halftime advantage. NLC came out running in the third quarter and took the lead, but RCA answered. They again took the lead early in the 4th quarter on a 3 by Emily Stone, but RCA hit a 3-pointer to retake the lead and would never trail again. Two 3-pointers by Hannah and an RCA turnover gave the Storm the ball down 3 points with 2 minutes to go, but several 3-point tries for the tie did not connect, then RCA got several chances at the other end with several offensive rebounds and made it a 2-possession game down the stretch. Hannah led the Storm in scoring with 14, Shelby and Leigh had 13 and 11 rebounds respectively.