The Impact Christian Academy Lions will challenge the North Florida Educational Institute Fighting Eagles on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Impact Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 37-36 win over Eagle's View.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Florida Educational Institute). They blew past Covenant School of Jacksonville, posting a 78-13 victory. Given the Fighting Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Warriors are ranked 408th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Impact Christian Academy has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25.4 points. As for North Florida Educational Institute, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-12.
Impact Christian Academy was taken down by North Florida Educational Institute 63-25 in their previous meeting back in February of 2020. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Impact Christian Academy was down 42-15.
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