Two dominant guards in Liz Southerland and Allie Schellenberg are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Tabernacle Christian Eagles will face off against the Crosspointe Christian Academy Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tabernacle Christian is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since January 17th on Friday. They claimed a resounding 63-16 victory over Cornerstone Baptist Academy. Tabernacle Christian hasn't had any issues with Cornerstone Baptist Academy recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Crosspointe Christian Academy entered their tilt with First Baptist Christian on Tuesday with 15 consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with 16. They took down the Knights 36-19. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 272nd in Indiana, while the Knights are ranked 588th in Illinois), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crosspointe Christian Academy's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 18.3 points over those games. As for Tabernacle Christian, their win bumped their record up to 7-12.
Tabernacle Christian couldn't quite finish off Crosspointe Christian Academy in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 47-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Schellenberg, who went 6-for-14 to rack up 18 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Now that Tabernacle Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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