Basketball Game Preview: Colonial Christian Cougars vs. Mooresville Christian Eagles

The Colonial Christian Cougars will square off against the Mooresville Christian Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

It was a proper cat-fight when Colonial Christian faced off against Crosspointe Christian Academy on Tuesday. Colonial Christian was dealt a 64-30 defeat at the hands of Crosspointe Christian Academy. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Meanwhile, Mooresville Christian took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 65-31 win over Tabernacle Christian. The matchup marked Mooresville Christian's most dominant victory of the season.

Colonial Christian better focus on containing Gresh Warren and Easton Craney as the pair were huge in Mooresville Christian's win. Warren went 6 of 9 on his way to 15 points along with five assists and five steals, while Craney went 6 for 8 en route to 15 points and four steals. Warren is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bastian Carey, who posted six points and six rebounds.

Mooresville Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points per game. As for Colonial Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Colonial Christian took a serious blow against Mooresville Christian when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 65-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Warren, who went 5 of 8 en route to 12 points in addition to seven boards and five steals. Now that Colonial Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.