Gavin Fowler is one of ten seniors on the HCA roster and the team's leading returning scorer.
Playing their seventh game in as many days, the Heritage Christian Academy boys’ basketball team surrendered 28 third-quarter points and fell 76-64 to hosts Hendersonville on Monday night. The Warriors have a 6-game win streak snapped to stand at 12-3 overall.
Gavin Fowler scored 6 in the opening quarter, but Ky Stanley carried Hendersonville with 13 and the Warriors trailed 17-13. HCA’s Austin Crawford helped out with 5 to lead the second-quarter charge, while Stanley went scoreless, trimming the Hendersonville lead to a single point at 29-28 at halftime.
The game was decided in the third quarter, with Stanley erupting for 17 points and Hendersonville outscoring the Warriors 28-9 to take a 20-point advantage. However, Fowler, Crawford and Rajah Mills responded with 25 of the Warriors’ 27 points over the final 8 minutes, cutting the margin to 12 before falling 76-64.
Stanley finished with 34 for Hendersonville to lead all scorers, followed by Landon Schroeder with 11, 8 in the fourth quarter.
Fowler’s 17 paced HCA, with Crawford scoring 16, and Mills finishing with 10 points and 6 assists. Dalton Folz just missed a double-double with 9 points and 7 rebounds.