Basketball Game Preview: Young Americans Christian Eagles vs. Creekside Christian Academy Cougars

Young Americans Christian is 0-4 against Creekside Christian Academy since December of 2017 but things could change on Friday. The two teams will face off at 6:00 p.m. without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Young Americans Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with an 80-70 win over New Creation Christian Academy. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Young Americans Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joshua Poole, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 boards. Poole is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Damian Crawford, who went 11 for 26 on his way to 25 points and six rebounds.

Young Americans Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Creekside Christian Academy entered their tilt with Community Christian on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They blew past the Knights 77-24. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Knights are ranked 562nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Young Americans Christian pushed their record up to 11-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.0 points per game. As for Creekside Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.

Young Americans Christian took a serious blow against Creekside Christian Academy when the teams last played last Monday, falling 84-43. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Creekside Christian Academy's Chase Maddox, who went 8 of 10 en route to 19 points in addition to seven boards and four steals. Now that Young Americans Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.