Grace Community is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Grapevine Faith Christian is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Grace Community Cougars will take on the Grapevine Faith Christian Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Tuesday, everything came up roses for Grace Community at home against King's Academy as the squad secured a 74-30 victory. Given Grace Community's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 717th, while King's Academy is ranked 1474th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Grapevine Faith Christian's strategy against Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Grapevine Faith Christian blew Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep out of the water with a 81-34 final score. Grapevine Faith Christian pushed the score to 60-31 by the end of the third, a deficit Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep had little chance of recovering from.
Grapevine Faith Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Max Siebert, who scored 15 points along with two steals, and Brennen Byrd, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds. It was the first time this season that Siebert scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Borman, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds.
Grace Community has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-13 record this season. As for Grapevine Faith Christian, their win bumped their record up to 25-9.
Grace Community was dealt a bruising 81-45 defeat at the hands of Grapevine Faith Christian in their previous meeting back in January. Will Grace Community have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
