Basketball Game Preview: Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans vs. The King's Academy Knights

The Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans will take on The King's Academy Knights in a tournament on Friday. One thing working in Greater Atlanta Christian's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.

Greater Atlanta Christian's tournament run continued when they took on Clarke Central last Saturday. Greater Atlanta Christian enjoyed a cozy 73-54 victory over Clarke Central. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Gladiators are ranked 449th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mario Hill Jr continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7 of 15 on his way to 18 points and eight assists. The match was his fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Carpenter, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 17 points.

Meanwhile, The King's Academy came tearing into Saturday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Warriors 64-50. The Knights pushed the score to 48-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.

The King's Academy's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.6 points per game. As for Greater Atlanta Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.