The Raiders continued their stay in the Harding Academy More Than Basketball Christmas Tournament in Memphis, TN by taking on Battle Ground Academy in the semifinals. The Raiders had a much better start to this game than their last posting a 17-13 lead after a quarter of action. JA then stretched their lead to six at halftime and increased that lead to 38-30 with 2:32 left in the game.

The Wildcats scratched and clawed their way back in the game with a 28-19 run to take their first lead of the game with 1:04 to play in the game at 58-57 before closing out the Raiders with a 63-59 victory.

The Raiders will now play MHEA tomorrow at 4:30pm in the 3rd/4th place game of the tournament.

Three Raiders finished in double figures Henry Lee, Wenton Walker and Reid Felder as JA had their eight game win streak snapped.

University Heart Players with The Most Heart
Henry Lee - He finished with a game-high 24 points (8-11 FG, 4-5 3PT, 4-4 FT), grabbed 5 rebounds, 1 assists and 1 steal in 30 minutes of action.

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