Basketball Game Preview: Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots vs. Greenville Christian Academy Knights

The Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots and the Greenville Christian Academy Knights will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday without much rest having both just played. Wilmington Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.2 points per game this season.

Wilmington Christian Academy is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Liberty Christian Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Wilmington Christian Academy blew Liberty Christian Academy out of the water with a 63-36 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Patriots had established a 23 point advantage.

Wilmington Christian Academy relied on the efforts of Jordan Escoffrey, who went 6 for 13 on his way to 17 points, and Trent Davies, who went 6 of 13 en route to 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Davies has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 17 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Mattox, who posted nine points and six assists.

Greenville Christian Academy played against New Life Christian Academy and won via forfeit.

Wilmington Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33.7 points. As for Greenville Christian Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-8.

Wilmington Christian Academy ended up a good deal behind Greenville Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, losing 57-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Greenville Christian Academy's Jonathan Williams, who went 7 for 13 en route to 20 points and six boards. Now that Wilmington Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.