On Saturday, the Northside Christian Academy Knights faced The Burlington School Spartans in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Northside Christian Academy took a 56-46 hit to the loss column at the hands of The Burlington School.
Despite the loss, Northside Christian Academy still got an impressive performance from Jaleel Smith, who scored 17 points along with four steals. That's the first time this season that Smith scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of KJ Shouse Jr., who scored eight points.
King Gibson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for The Burlington School, scoring 18 points along with six rebounds. Zion Walker was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with two steals.
Northside Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 18-8. As for The Burlington School, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Northside Christian Academy will head out on the road to face off against Gaston Day at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gaston Day will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 98th, while Northside Christian Academy is ranked 21st). The Burlington School's road trip will continue as they head out to face Greenfield at 2:30 p.m. on January 15th. Greenfield knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 21 matchups -- so hopefully The Burlington School likes a good challenge.
