Preview: Faith Christian Eagles vs. Tri-County Cavaliers
Faith Christian has been on the road for six straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Tri-County Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Faith Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past four matchups -- so hopefully Tri-County likes a good challenge.
Faith Christian proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 30) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 60-57 victory over Tri-Central. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Faith Christian got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Connor Todhunter-dawson out in front who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Peter, who scored 16 points along with six steals.
Tri-County might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 65-44 to West Lafayette, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, Tri-County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 341st, while West Lafayette is ranked 115th).
Faith Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11 record this season. As for Tri-County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.
Things could have been worse for Faith Christian, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 54-39 loss to Tri-County in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. Thankfully for Faith Christian, Nate Corbin (who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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