The Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders were the 68-65 winner over the Southside Christian Patriots when they last played one another back in November, but their luck changed this time around. Faith Baptist Christian Academy was beaten by Southside Christian 74-45 on Thursday. Faith Baptist Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-17.
Faith Baptist Christian Academy's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being John Robinson, who scored 6 points along with 10 rebounds and 3 blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Massey, who scored 9 points along with 6 rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Southside Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Calob Strickland, who scored 20 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Strickland has scored at least 25% of Southside Christian's points. Landon Brady was another key contributor, scoring 17 points.
Faith Baptist Christian Academy's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 8-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for Southside Christian, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Faith Baptist Christian Academy will square off against Victory Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Southside Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against Bible Baptist Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Bible Baptist Christian will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
