Sugar Hill Christian Academy is 2-7 against Friendship Christian since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sugar Hill Christian Academy Stallions will be playing at home against the Friendship Christian Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
After a string of five wins, Sugar Hill Christian Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell to Old Suwanee Christian 78-73. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game on Thursday (66), Sugar Hill Christian Academy still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Friendship Christian was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Wednesday as they fell 80-76 to Georgia Force Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game on Saturday (64), Friendship Christian still had to take the loss.
Friendship Christian's defeat came about despite a quality game from Kevin Morozov, who scored 34 points. That was a full 44.7% of Friendship Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Alex Markov, who scored 14 points.
Sugar Hill Christian Academy's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-6. As for Friendship Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Sugar Hill Christian Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Friendship Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 30-26 win. Will Sugar Hill Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Friendship Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.