The Lafayette Christian Cougars will be playing at home against the Praise Academy Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lafayette Christian has five straight wins, the Lions have 17 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, Lafayette Christian got the win against the Wildcats by a conclusive 48-27.
Lafayette Christian can attribute much of their success to Marta Oria, who scored 11 points along with seven assists and five rebounds, and Carmen Bridges, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 19 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Bridges has scored at least a third of Lafayette Christian's points.
Meanwhile, Praise Academy ended up a good deal behind the LIONS on Monday and lost 35-20. Praise Academy has struggled against the LIONS recently, as their matchup on Monday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Lafayette Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Praise Academy, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-17.
Everything came up roses for Lafayette Christian against the Lions in their previous meeting two weeks ago as the squad secured a 59-30 victory. With Lafayette Christian ahead 35-11 at the half, the match was all but over already.
