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| 01/23/25 - Home | 10-0 W |
| 01/21/25 - Away | 10-0 W |
| 12/14/23 - Home | 62-19 W |
| 11/16/23 - Away | 67-19 W |
Emerson has gone 4-0 against Columbia Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Emerson Pirates will venture away from home to take on the Columbia Christian Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Emerson has four straight wins, Columbia Christian has 19 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Emerson was fully in charge, breezing past Strong 76-20. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matches by 23 points or more this season.
Columbia Christian might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 10-0 to Taylor, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 459th, while the Tigers are ranked 72nd).
Emerson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.4 points per game. As for Columbia Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-20.
Emerson was able to grind out a solid victory over Columbia Christian in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Emerson since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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