The Friendship Christian Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the North Georgia Christian Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Friendship Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 11 matchups -- so hopefully North Georgia Christian Academy likes a good challenge.
Friendship Christian pushed their score all the way to 79 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 86-79 to Georgia Force Christian.
Friendship Christian's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kevin Morozov, who scored 31 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, and Alex Markov who almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Markov has scored all season. Adrian Martinez was another key contributor, scoring six points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Georgia Christian Academy stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They breezed by Crossroads Christian Academy at home to the tune of 60-31. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Georgia Christian Academy.
North Georgia Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Luke Beaver led the charge by scoring 24 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which Beaver has scored at least a third of North Georgia Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Armour, who scored 16 points.
Friendship Christian's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-9. As for North Georgia Christian Academy, their win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-3.
Friendship Christian strolled past North Georgia Christian Academy in their previous meeting last Tuesday by a score of 65-51. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Beaver, who scored 30 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Friendship Christian still be able to contain Beaver? There's only one way to find out.
