The SouthLake Christian Academy Eagles will take on the Gaston Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, SouthLake Christian Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Gaston Day and fell 46-44. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Spartans are ranked 61st).
Meanwhile, Gaston Christian had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 61-48.
SouthLake Christian Academy better focus on containing Cameron Newman and Rilpuou Mabor Marier as the pair were huge in Gaston Christian's win. Newman went 7 for 12 en route to 19 points and eight assists, while Mabor Marier dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Mabor Marier a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Alessandro Luparia, who posted 11 points.
Gaston Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.1 points per game. As for SouthLake Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-14.
SouthLake Christian Academy couldn't quite finish off Gaston Christian when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 61-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newman, who went 8 of 15 on his way to 22 points in addition to five assists and three steals. Now that SouthLake Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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