Basketball Game Preview: North River Christian Chargers vs. Heritage Christian Academy Eagles

The North River Christian Chargers will venture away from home to challenge the Heritage Christian Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

North River Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Hope Christian Academy 74-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (56), the Chargers still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Heritage Christian Academy last Tuesday. They blew past Coosa Valley Academy 64-40. That 24 point margin sets a new team best for the Eagles this season.

North River Christian better keep an eye on Holden Knott. He was instrumental in Heritage Christian Academy's win, putting up 25 points. The dominant performance gave Knott a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Anthony Nugent, who posted eight points.

Heritage Christian Academy's win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-13. As for North River Christian, their loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6.

North River Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Heritage Christian Academy in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 58-52 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for North River Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.