Basketball Game Preview: Bishop Gorman Crusaders vs. King's Academy Knights

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Previous Games

11/10/23 - Home	66-20 W
11/15/22 - Home	36-13 W
11/16/21 - Home	39-61 L
12/01/20 - Away	61-53 W
12/05/17 - Home	76-56 W
+ 2 more games

Bishop Gorman has gone 6-1 against King's Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Bishop Gorman Crusaders will be playing at home against the King's Academy Knights at 7:30 p.m. Bishop Gorman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.3 points per game this season.

Bishop Gorman took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They took down East Texas Homeschool Sports 75-59. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Chargers are ranked 635th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Bishop Gorman's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jaylon Miles, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ej Coppock, who posted 17 points in addition to five boards and three steals.

Meanwhile, King's Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against LEAD Academy, falling 44-21.

King's Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Bishop Gorman, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.

Everything came up roses for Bishop Gorman against King's Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 66-20 victory. In that match, Bishop Gorman amassed a halftime lead of 37-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.