We are all expecting gifts this time of year, but Scottie Richardson is looking for a Christmas tournament championship under the tree for Crossroads Christian this week. Richardson, the Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, has the Colts on a roll as they head into the Greenfield Christmas Basketball Tournament in Wilson. After a slow start Crossroads has won five in a row and stand at 7-3 on the season as tournament play begins tonight against Richmond Christian at 6pm.
The tournament, which Crossroads has played in since 2012, features some strong competition including Grace Christian, Wayne Country Day and Greenfield which is ranked #1 in the state and in the top 20 nationally. Before Richardson and the Colts can think about those teams they must take care of business tonight against Richmond. “They have a 6’11” center who is a real shot blocker and they are athletic,” said Richardson of Richmond. “But they are not deep,” he continued. That may be where Crossroads has a decided advantage. Richardson explained that Crossroads has four seniors that come off the bench and are as deep as they have been in a long time and now that Crossroads is healthy the team is rolling. They won two games in a tournament last weekend and are hoping for three wins at Greenfield over the next three days.
Once Crossroads finishes with the tournament the work doesn’t let up as conference play begins after the holidays.
