Warren County Christian's boys basketball team had a tough start on Friday in a 56-38 loss to Christian Life Academy.
Playing with a small roster, the Lions opened against a team playing its third game and trailed53-20 after three quarters before an 18-3 third quarter made it closer.
Josh Carpenter finished with 14 points and Carson More had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven steals for WCCS (0-1), which committed 28 turnovers.
"We have a lot of things to work on," said WCCS coach Steve Zwald.
Carpenter and Andrew Laird had four steals each for WCCS.
CHRISTIAN LIFE (56): A. Kennedy 7 1-3 16, Hepler 4 2-4 11, H. Kennedy 0 1-2 1, Manssur 8 4-5 20, S. McFall 1 1-1 3, J. McFall 1 2-2 5, Totals 21 11-17 56.
WCCS (38): Andrew Laird 1 0-0 2, Josh Carpenter 6 1-3 14, Carson Moore 6 1-2 13, Josh Wagonseller 3 1-3 9, Jamie Petrush 0 0-2 0, Zack Ballard 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 3-10 38.
CLA 11 21 21 3 - 56
WCCS 4 9 7 18 - 38
3-pointers: C-A. Kennedy, Hepler, J. McFall; W-Carpenter, Wagonseller 2.
Junior varsity game
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY (37): Allman 4 1-2 9, Masters 5 0-0 10, Barger 6 0-0 12, Switzer 2 0-1 4, Tygert 0 0-02 0, McFall 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 1-5 37.
WCCS (13): Marcus Root 0 0-0 0, Tommy Jones 2 0-2 4, Daniel Lauffenburger 0 1-2 1, Eric Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Josiah Poindexter 2 0-0 4, Zack Ballard 2 0-0 4, Totals 6 1-4 13
CLA 7 10 14 6 - 37
WCCS 2 4 5 2 - 13
3-pointers: None.