The Habersham School Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, The Habersham School humbled Trinity Christian with a 68-26 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 57-16.
The Habersham School's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Hamilton Colley led the charge by scoring 18 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Colley has scored at least 25% of The Habersham School's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Rowland, who scored 16 points.
Meanwhile, Faith Baptist Christian Academy came tearing into Saturday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 82-72 victory over Alleluia Community. That's two games straight that Faith Baptist Christian Academy has won by exactly ten points.
Faith Baptist Christian Academy's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was John Robinson, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 14 rebounds. Austin Massey was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds.
The victory makes it two in a row for The Habersham School and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. The Habersham School hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having only averaged 67.5 points per game. However, it's not like Faith Baptist Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 63.5 per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run up the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
