A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Abilene Christian Panthers challenge the Northland Christian Cougars at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday... Abilene Christian will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Abilene Christian picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Legacy Christian Academy 44-41. The 44-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
It was another big night for Bryinn Waggoner, who had 11 points in addition to eight assists and six rebounds. He has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 17 times he's played. Will Camp was another key player, posting six points along with eight rebounds.
While Northland Christian didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-20), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Fort Worth Christian on Monday as Northland Christian made off with a 65-40 victory. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 25 points or more this season.
Northland Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kameron McKnight led the charge by going 10 for 18 en route to 23 points plus eight rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Pallanez, who went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 21 points plus five rebounds.
Abilene Christian's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Northland Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Abilene Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 59.1 points per game. However, it's not like Northland Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 64.7. 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 match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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