Basketball Game Preview: Lake Lure Classical Academy Raptors vs. Hickory Christian Academy Knights

The Lake Lure Classical Academy Raptors are taking a road trip to square off against the Hickory Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Lake Lure Classical Academy and nine for Hickory Christian Academy dating back to last season.

Lake Lure Classical Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Spartanburg Christian Academy on Monday. Lake Lure Classical Academy took a 68-53 bruising from Spartanburg Christian Academy. While losing is never fun, the Raptors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 450th in North Carolina, while the Warriors are ranked 219th in South Carolina).

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 94-48, which was the final score in Hickory Christian Academy's tilt against Maiden two weeks ago.

Hickory Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Lake Lure Classical Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.

Lake Lure Classical Academy was dealt a bruising 66-22 defeat at the hands of Hickory Christian Academy when the teams last played back in January of 2022. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lake Lure Classical Academy was down 51-11.