Basketball Game Preview: Faith Christian vs. Faith Baptist Eagle

Faith Christian is 0-10 against Faith Baptist since January of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. Faith Christian are taking a road trip to face off against the Faith Baptist Eagle at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Faith Christian is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Juniata Christian: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Faith Christian blew Juniata Christian out of the water with a 63-29 final score. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Faith Christian has posted since January 7th.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Faith Baptist on Friday. Everything went their way against Skeels Christian as Faith Baptist made off with a 45-22 win. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagle had established a 22 point advantage.

Faith Christian better focus on containing Joe Cunningham and Matthew Brandt as the pair were huge in Faith Baptist's win. Cunningham posted 11 points, while Brandt put up 11 points. Those 11 points gave Cunningham a new career-high. Zech Gartrelle was another key player, putting up seven points.

Faith Christian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.6 points over those games. Faith Baptist pushed their record up to 12-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.

Faith Christian came up short against Faith Baptist in their previous matchup on February 4th, falling 48-43. Can Faith Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.