Basketball Game Preview: New Life Christian Academy Monarchs vs. Elevation Prep Academy Honey Badgers

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Previous Games

01/18/25 - Away	80-85 L
02/10/24 - Home	69-59 W
01/27/24 - Away	80-70 W
01/11/23 - Away	88-87 W
11/19/22 - Home	60-58 W
+ 5 more games

New Life Christian Academy has gone 8-2 against Elevation Prep Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The New Life Christian Academy Monarchs will be playing at home against the Elevation Prep Academy Honey Badgers at 3:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

On Friday, New Life Christian Academy took their matchup with ease, bagging an 86-54 win over Star Christian Academy. With the Monarchs ahead 46-22 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Meanwhile, Elevation Prep Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 95-76 to Oak Ridge Military Academy. While losing is never fun, the Honey Badgers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Eagles are ranked 150th).

New Life Christian Academy will have to keep a close watch on HARVEY BEDELL and SHAMILL JOHNSON, a pair of players who had a big impact on Elevation Prep Academy's prior game. BEDELL went 9 for 15 en route to 28 points, while JOHNSON went 6 of 12 on his way to 17 points in addition to five assists and four steals. Those 28 points gave BEDELL a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of STEPHEN SHAKO, who posted 11 points and six rebounds.

The victory made it two in a row for New Life Christian Academy and bumps their season record up to 12-15. As for Elevation Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.

New Life Christian Academy came up short against Elevation Prep Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 85-80. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of BEDELL, who went 8 of 13 en route to 25 points and four steals. Now that New Life Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.