Basketball Game Preview: Athens Academy Spartans vs. Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans

Athens Academy will face off against Greater Atlanta Christian on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Athens Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Walker a 2-0 shutout. The two-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Greater Atlanta Christian, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat St. Vincent's 65-27. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Saints are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Athens Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.0 points over those games. As for Greater Atlanta Christian, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 16-12.

Athens Academy barely slipped by Greater Atlanta Christian in their previous meeting back in January, winning 36-35. Will Athens Academy repeat their success, or does Greater Atlanta Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.