Preview: Millers Creek Christian Lions vs. Victory Christian Academy Patriots
The Millers Creek Christian Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Victory Christian Academy Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Millers Creek Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
Even though Millers Creek Christian has not done well against Statesville Christian recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way. Millers Creek Christian walked away with a 50-40 win over Statesville Christian.
Cam Layaou went supernova for Millers Creek Christian, dropping a triple-double on 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Layaou has scored at least 25% of Millers Creek Christian's points. Noah Heath was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with 6 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Victory Christian Academy didn't have too much trouble with Matthews Christian Academy on the road last Monday as they won 58-39. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Victory Christian Academy.
Victory Christian Academy found their leader in underclassman Gabriel Thompson, who scored 32 points. The matchup was Thompson's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Copeland, who scored 10 points.
With Millers Creek Christian's loss and Statesville Christian's victory, both teams now sport identical 1-1 records.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Millers Creek Christian and Victory Christian Academy are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Millers Creek Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having only averaged 51.3 points per game. It's a different story for Victory Christian Academy, though, as they've been averaging only 60 per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run up the score up higher Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
