Basketball Game Preview: Wayne Christian Academy Eagle vs. Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders

The Wayne Christian Academy Eagle will take on the Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Wayne Christian Academy will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a two-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 21-point drubbing they dealt Victory Christian Academy on Friday. Wayne Christian Academy put the hurt on Victory Christian Academy with a sharp 52-31 victory.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faith Baptist Christian Academy). They really took it to Appling Christian Academy for the full four quarters, racking up an 81-39 win. With the Crusaders ahead 37-14 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Faith Baptist Christian Academy's win came from a few key players Wayne Christian Academy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Aidan Massey, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Gerald Boyd, who went 7 of 13 en route to 20 points.

Faith Baptist Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.

Wayne Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.5 points per game. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 14-12.