The Friendship Christian Falcons entered their tilt with the Thales Academy Rolesville Knights with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Friendship Christian snuck past Thales Academy Rolesville with a 53-49 victory on Friday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Friendship Christian also won the last time the pair played last Thursday.
It was another big night for Hunter Peed, who scored 22 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Eugene Amadi, who scored six points along with 11 rebounds and three blocks.
Despite the loss, Thales Academy Rolesville still got an impressive performance from Malcolm Foster, who scored 24 points along with five rebounds and two blocks. Foster has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Lopez, who scored ten points along with six assists.
Friendship Christian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Thales Academy Rolesville, they dropped their record down to 7-13 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Friendship Christian will square off against Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 11 matchups. As for Thales Academy Rolesville, they will head out on the road to take on St. Thomas More Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully St. Thomas More Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Friday.
