The Unity Christian Lions will take on the North Georgia Christian Academy Knights in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Unity Christian lost 66-40 to Cass on Saturday.
Meanwhile, North Georgia Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 81-68 to Philadelphia Christian School. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (57), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, North Georgia Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Luke Beaver went 17 of 29 on his way to 44 points and eight assists. Beaver's evening made it 28 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zed Blackwell, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 11 points.
Unity Christian's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for North Georgia Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Unity Christian was able to grind out a solid victory over North Georgia Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in February, winning 73-60. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Beaver, who posted 29 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Unity Christian still be able to contain Beaver? There's only one way to find out.
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