Basketball Preview: Central Christian Crusaders vs. Konos Academy Condor
Central Christian and Konos Academy are an even 4-4 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Central Christian Crusaders will be playing at home against the Konos Academy Condor at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Central Christian will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 35) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Trinity Christian School of Griffin 69-67.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Konos Academy). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging an 80-13 win over Lafayette Christian. The victory was some much needed relief for the Condor as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.
Samuel Brezina and Joshua Knapp were among the main playmakers for Konos Academy as the former went 7 for 10 en route to 17 points plus six rebounds and six steals and the latter made all 8 shots he took racking up 18 points plus three steals. With that strong performance, Brezina is now averaging an impressive 2.3 steals per game. Isaiah Neal was another key player, earning ten points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Konos Academy's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-8. As for Central Christian, their victory ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
Central Christian opened the new year with a less-than-successful 55-47 defeat to Konos Academy. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brezina, who went 6 for 8 en route to 15 points plus three steals. Now that Central Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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