Freedom Christian Academy has gone 10-0 against Fayetteville Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Freedom Christian Academy Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fayetteville Christian Warriors at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Freedom Christian Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Last Tuesday, everything came up roses for Freedom Christian Academy against Village Christian Academy as the squad secured a 98-40 victory. The Patriots have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 23 points or more this season.
Karsten Swinney
| 01/07/25 @ Village Christian Academy | 29 |
| 01/03/25 @ The O'Neal School | 28 |
| 12/28/24 vs Wayne Preparatory Academy | 26 |
| 12/27/24 vs Harrells Christian Academy | 20 |
| 12/21/24 vs Amandla Academy | 41 |
Bryce West and Karsten Swinney were among the main playmakers for Freedom Christian Academy as the former dropped a double-double on 35 points and 11 boards and the latter posted 29 points along with five assists and four steals. Swinney's evening made it 11 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Haidyn Bell, who dropped a double-double on 18 boards and ten assists.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Freedom Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 34 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Fayetteville Christian played a tough matchup on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 77-40 loss at the hands of Berean Baptist Academy. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 328th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 91st).
Freedom Christian Academy will have to keep a close watch on Ethan Durgadin and Joshua Kummer, a pair of players who had a big impact on Fayetteville Christian's prior game. Durgadin went 7 of 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points, while Kummer had 12 points.
Freedom Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 44.9 points. As for Fayetteville Christian, they dropped their record down to 7-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Freedom Christian Academy and Fayetteville Christian are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Freedom Christian Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 84.3 points per game. However, it's not like Fayetteville Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 55.5 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Freedom Christian Academy strolled past Fayetteville Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a score of 71-56. Will Freedom Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Fayetteville Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
