Two dominant guards in Kobe Edgerton and Kaharri Coleman are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Crossroads Christian Colts and the Harding University Rams will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crossroads Christian has five straight wins, Harding University has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Crossroads Christian is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since February 17th on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-61 win over KIPP Bold City. Given the Colts' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 109th in North Carolina, while the Greyhounds are ranked 244th in Florida), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Harding University scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They took an 82-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hopewell. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Rams still had to take the loss.
Harding University's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Crossroads Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
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