NEOSHO, Mo. — Farmington didn’t have enough gas to break Central Park Christian School’s long winning streak.
CPCS — a private school from Birmingham, Ala. — knocked the Cardinals into the consolation bracket with a 73-53 win in Tuesday’s quarterfinals of the 55th annual Neosho (Mo.) Holiday Classic.
The Eagles are 7-0 this season and have won 98 straight games.
They went 26-0 last year and won the National Christian Educational Championships in Springfield, Mo.
The Eagles will play either Kansas City (Mo.) Ruskin or Springfield (Mo.) Parkview in tonight’s first semifinal. That game ended past press deadlines.
The Cardinals (11-2) will play the loser of Tuesday’s late game at noon today.
CPC’s Kevin McDaniels had 14 of his game-high 19 in the second quarter as the Eagles built a 15-point halftime lead.
McDaniels had two dunks and two 3-pointers during the period and Van Green — the lone returning starter for CPCS — hit a spinning layup for the 43-28 lead.
The Eagles opened the third with an 11-0 run and led by as many as 26 in the second half but Farmington had two scoring sprees to close the gap.
Collin Woodward hit back-to-back 3-pointers as part of a 10-0 run late in the third quarter. Blake Abrecht, who led Farmington with 16 points, added a layup and Woodward finished it with a jumper.
Woodward had 14 points in the game.
Abrecht capped a 7-0 run in the fourth with a 3-pointer to get his team back within 16 points.