Basketball Game Preview: Trinity Christian Warriors vs. Magnolia Blue Eagles

The Trinity Christian Warriors will take on the Magnolia Blue Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Trinity Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Paden City 73-25. With the Warriors ahead 38-15 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Austin Porta continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 6-for-10 from beyond the arc on his way to 41 points and three steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Trinity Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Maddox Mousadis, who went 7-for-12 en route to 15 points and five boards.

Meanwhile, Magnolia had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They came within four points of losing the streak, but they secured a 74-70 W against the Hornets.

Magnolia pushed their record up to 11-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points over those games. As for Trinity Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-13 record this season.

Trinity Christian took a serious blow against Magnolia in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 80-47. Will Trinity Christian have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.