Basketball Preview: High Point Baptist Academy Eagles vs. Linville Hill
The High Point Baptist Academy Eagles will head out on the road to square off against Linville Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Even though High Point Baptist Academy has not done well against the Flames recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. High Point Baptist Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Flames 34-31. The victory made it back-to-back wins for High Point Baptist Academy.
Meanwhile, Linville Hill had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points), and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They slipped by Coventry Christian 1-0. Given Linville Hill's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the are ranked 665th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
High Point Baptist Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Linville Hill, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Things could have been worse for High Point Baptist Academy, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 40-25 loss to the in their previous matchup last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Linville Hill's Courtney Good, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and five steals. Now that High Point Baptist Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
