Christian Fellowship may be in the midst of the programs best season ever, at least the best in more than 23 years at 14-7 and their current seven-game win streak is also the best in as many years. Three home games last week produced three more wins starting with a 60-53 Homecoming win over Fulton City on Saturday, Jan. 25. On Thursday they defeated Carroll Academy, Tenn. 75-32 and Saturday beat Community Christian Academy 64-36.
CFS finished the 2017-2018 season with a 13-15 record behind a class of nine seniors in a year Head Coach Tyler Ryan said, “The goal is to bring a competitive program back to CFS.” After a bit of a rebuilding year last season when the Eagles finished 7-21, they are right back where Ryan knows the program can be which goes back to something he said at the end of that 2017-18 season – “They know lasting success won’t happen overnight but they are trusting the process” – and that process is paying off.
Starting with their 60-53 win over Fulton City, Andrew Dunning led CFS with 20 points, going 8/15 and was 4/5 in free throws. Mikey Bivin scored 18 for the Eagles and nine points each came from Andrew Allen and Ari Phillips. CFS was down 29-25 at halftime and still trailed by two at the end of the third. They out-scored Fulton City 22-13 in the fourth quarter to win by seven.
CFS 14 25 38 60
Fulton City 11 29 40 53
Scoring
CFS: Andrew Dunning 20, Mikey Bivin 18, Andrew Allen 9, Ari Phillips 9, Luke Grigg 4
Fulton City: Brennen Walker 17, Kire Tribble 14, Cameron Madding 13, Amire Hobbs 7, Devaris Scott 2
CFS: FG 22/46, 3 Pt 2/12, FT 14/18, Reb 24, TO 23, PF 14
Fulton City: FG 22/46, 3 Pt 1/11, FT 8/11, Reb 27, To 26, PF 18
Dunning and Luke Grigg led CFS over Carroll Academy (Huntingdon, Tenn.), both with 15 points. Dunning was 7/12 and Grigg 6/14 from the floor. Drew Cary added 14 points in the 75-32 win and Dunning led in rebounds with 11. The Eagles led 18-4 at the end of the first quarter and their big 46-12 halftime lead too much for Carroll Academy to keep up with.
CFS 18 46 67 75
Carroll Aca. 4 12 23 32
Scoring
CFS: Andrew Dunning 15, Luke Grigg 15, Drew Cary 14, Mikey Bivin 9, Andrew Allen 7, Ari Phillips 6, Bryce Cary 4, Samuel Bowers 3, Jackson Futrell 2
CFS: FG 31/69, 3 Pt 7/17, FT 6/10, Reb 43, Ast 23, PF 8
Carroll Academy: FG 12/53, 3 Pt 3/24, FT 5/7, Reb 34, TO 30, PF 12
The Eagles were led by Phillips with 21 points in Saturday’s 64-36 win over Community Christian Academy. Phillips was 9/12 from the floor and 3/4 from beyond the arc. Andrew Allen scored 13 for CFS and Dunning 12 and completed the double-double with 12 rebounds.
Scoring
CFS: Ari Phillips 21, Andrew Allen 13, Andrew Dunning 12, Drew Cary 9, Luke Grigg 9, Mikey Bivin 3, Bryce Cary 2
CFS: FG 28/53, 3 Pt 5/13, FT 3/7, Reb 36
