Basketball Game Preview: Friendship Christian Commanders vs. Clarksville Academy Cougars

By Team Reports Jan 22, 2025, 1:32am

Basketball Preview: Friendship Christian Commanders vs. Clarksville Academy Cougars

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Friendship Christian is 0-10 against Clarksville Academy since December of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Friendship Christian Commanders will venture away from home to face off against the Clarksville Academy Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Friendship Christian is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 58-33 to Nashville Christian. While losing is never fun, the Commanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Eagles are ranked 66th).

Meanwhile, Clarksville Academy played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Ezell-Harding Christian, falling 63-43. The Cougars' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.

Clarksville Academy's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-9. As for Friendship Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.

Friendship Christian suffered a grim 58-37 defeat to Clarksville Academy in their previous matchup on January 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clarksville Academy's Sicily Robinson Ellington, who went 6 for 13 on her way to 18 points along with eight boards and five assists. Now that Friendship Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.

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