Basketball Recap: Faith Christian Patriots vs. Fayetteville Academy Eagles
The Faith Christian Patriots lost against the Fayetteville Academy Eagles back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Faith Christian was dealt a 82-29 loss at the hands of the Eagles. Faith Christian has not had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Noah Mayo and Gavin Johnson certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Mayo scored seven points, while Johnson scored six points.
Leading Fayetteville Academy to victory were Jossiah Johnson and Brady Barnes. Johnson scored 18 points, while Barnes scored 22 points. Barnes continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Garek Dixon, who scored 11 points.
Faith Christian has not been sharp recently as the team's lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-8 record this season. As for Fayetteville Academy, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 22-4.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Faith Christian will take on the Trailblazers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Fayetteville Academy, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against the Spartans at 6:45 p.m. on January 31st. Hopefully Kerr-Vance Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday.
