Basketball Preview: North Georgia Christian Academy Knights vs. Friendship Christian Spartans
After both having extra time off, the North Georgia Christian Academy Knights and the Friendship Christian Spartans will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
North Georgia Christian Academy will head out to face Friendship Christian after giving up their first home loss of the season last Thursday. North Georgia Christian Academy came up short against Old Suwanee Christian, falling 100-76. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly 24 points.
Despite the loss, North Georgia Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Luke Beaver went 20 for 32 en route to 49 points plus eight assists and eight rebounds. That was a full 64.5% of North Georgia Christian Academy's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zed Blackwell, who went 6 for 10 en route to 14 points.
Meanwhile, Friendship Christian entered their tilt with War Hill Christian Academy last Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 58-51 win over the Warriors. The 58-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Friendship Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kevin Morozov, who posted 19 points. Another player making a difference was Roger Maddox, who had 17 points.
Friendship Christian's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for North Georgia Christian Academy, their defeat ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
North Georgia Christian Academy came up short against Friendship Christian in their previous matchup on November 9th, falling 74-68. Can North Georgia Christian Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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