The Winston Salem Christian National Lions and the Balboa Roughriders will round out the year against one another at at 1:45 p.m. on Monday. Winston Salem Christian National knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 18 games -- so hopefully Balboa likes a good challenge.
Winston Salem Christian National's tournament run continued when they took on Berean Baptist Academy on Saturday. Winston Salem Christian National took down Berean Baptist Academy 60-41. The 60-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Balboa is ranked highly in their home state and on Sunday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of 1 of 1 Academy. Balboa took a 52-46 hit to the loss column at the hands of 1 of 1 Academy.
Winston Salem Christian National will have to contain Vito Albanese as he made an impact in Balboa's last game. He went 6 for 11 on his way to 15 points and six rebounds. Those six rebounds gave Albanese a new career-high. BwaBwa Josue was another key player, putting up six points and nine rebounds.
Balboa's defeat dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Winston Salem Christian National, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Winston Salem Christian National was able to grind out a solid win over Balboa when the teams last played on December 7th, winning 76-69. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Josue, who almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Winston Salem Christian National still be able to contain Josue? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
