Kansas City, Mo. ? Veritas Christian School’s boys basketball team owned a nine-point advantage after three quarters, but could not hold on, losing 64-59 to Eagle Heights Christian on Tuesday.

Chad Stieben scored a team-high 18 points for Veritas, but VCA was unable to slow down Eagle Heights’ Andrew Thomas. Thomas racked up 41 points on 14-of-28 shooting, including 6-of-14 shooting from behind the arc.

“He’s a great player,” Veritas head coach Carl Huslig said of Thomas. “We learned a lot about our team tonight.”

The Eagles (4-1) will play Cair Paravel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Topeka.

Eagle Heights 6 14 16 28 — 64

Veritas 15 11 19 14 — 59

Veritas: Chad Stieben 18, Drake Napier 15, Miles Dresler 10, Michael Rask 6, Mark Weinhold 4, Peyton Donohoe 3, Trey Huslig 3.

Eagle Heights: Andrew Thomas 41, Brian Zeller 14, Andrew Fortin 7, Malachi Robart 2.