The SouthLake Christian Academy Eagles will square off against the Westminster Catawba Christian Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
SouthLake Christian Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Covenant Classical 94-27 on Thursday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 195th, while the Warriors are ranked 609th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Westminster Catawba Christian's strategy against University Christian on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Westminster Catawba Christian blew University Christian out of the water with an 86-10 final score. That 76 point margin sets a new team best for the Indians this season.
SouthLake Christian Academy better keep an eye on MJ Littlejohn. He was instrumental in Westminster Catawba Christian's win, going 12 for 14 en route to 25 points. Those 25 points gave Littlejohn a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Nikayle Hodge, who posted eight points along with eight steals and six assists.
SouthLake Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-11 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Westminster Catawba Christian, their win bumped their record up to 9-14.
SouthLake Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Westminster Catawba Christian in their previous meeting on January 7th, sneaking past 70-67. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Westminster Catawba Christian's Brycen Redmon, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 27 points and four steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will SouthLake Christian Academy still be able to contain Redmon? There's only one way to find out.
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