Basketball Game Preview: Miller Falcons vs. Fairfield Christian Academy Knights

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 2:20am

Preview: Miller Falcons vs. Fairfield Christian Academy Knights

Miller is 1-6 against Fairfield Christian Academy since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Miller Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Fairfield Christian Academy Knights at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Miller focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Thursday.

Last Thursday, Miller didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Berne Union, but they still walked away with a 54-49 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Miller.

Miller relied on the efforts of Logan Doughty, who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and two steals, and Bryce Dorsey, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Jack Hoskinson was another key contributor, scoring four points along with eight rebounds.

Meanwhile, Fairfield Christian Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Grove City Christian by a score of 68-65. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (62), Fairfield Christian Academy still had to take the loss.

Miller's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-12. As for Fairfield Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.

Miller beat Fairfield Christian Academy 70-61 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Miller since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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