The Fayetteville Christian Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wilmington Christian Academy took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Fayetteville Christian, who comes in off a win.
Fayetteville Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 75-20 victory over The O'Neal School. With the Warriors ahead 36-14 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Fayetteville Christian's win on Wednesday was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Avery Perusek, who posted 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Durgadin, who put up 15 points.
Meanwhile, Wilmington Christian Academy came up short against Southeastern HomeSchool on Tuesday and fell 62-54. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Cardinals are ranked 44th).
Fayetteville Christian will need focus on slowing down Trent Davies, one of several Wilmington Christian Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He went 7 of 15 on his way to 18 points in addition to five assists and four steals. Davies has been hot, having posted three or more steals the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Mattox, who went 7 for 14 on his way to 15 points.
Fayetteville Christian pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points per game. As for Wilmington Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Fayetteville Christian and Wilmington Christian Academy are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Fayetteville Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 57.9 points per game. However, it's not like Wilmington Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 59.9 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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