Basketball Game Preview: Christ the King Crusaders vs. Bradford Prep Bears

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Home	73-68 W
01/30/24 - Away	70-80 L
12/15/23 - Home	70-49 W
02/13/23 - Home	59-41 W
01/11/23 - Away	47-46 W
+ 2 more games

Christ the King is 6-1 against Bradford Prep since December of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Christ the King Crusaders just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Bradford Prep Bears at 7:30 p.m. Christ the King is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.

Christ the King is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Corvian Community on Thursday. Christ the King took a 62-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of Corvian Community. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Cardinals are ranked 100th).

Meanwhile, Bradford Prep was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 67-63 to Pine Lake Prep.

Bradford Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Christ the King, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.

Christ the King didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Bradford Prep when the teams last played on January 7th, but they still walked away with a 73-68 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bradford Prep's Esaias Caves, who went 6 of 8 en route to 20 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Christ the King still be able to contain Caves? There's only one way to find out.