Basketball Recap: Faith Christian Drops Highest Score of Season Against Faith Christian Academy

By Team Reports Jan 29, 2025, 10:22am

Basketball Recap: Faith Christian Warriors vs. Faith Christian Academy

Warriors

Team Score

01/28/25 @ Faith Christian Academy61
12/30/24 vs Craig County57
11/15/24 @ Boys' Home53
01/09/25 @ King's Christian Academy50
12/14/24 vs Non Varsity Opponent50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faith Christian). They took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 61-18 victory over Faith Christian Academy. With the Warriors ahead 36-9 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Faith Christian was led to victory by Sam Guelich and Matthew Burton. Guelich almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds, while Burton went 5 for 7 en route to 10 points. The dominant performance also gave Guelich a new career-high in steals (two). Evan Whitaker was another key player, putting up seven points along with six boards and six steals.

Faith Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've managed all season.

Faith Christian's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-8. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.3 points per game. As for Faith Christian Academy, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-11.

Faith Christian will venture away from home to face off against Dayspring Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Faith Christian Academy, they will host C.H. Friend at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Faith Christian Academy is facing C.H. Friend at the right time seeing as C.H. Friend is stuck on a five-game losing streak.

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