The Mountain Area Christian Academy Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Nantahala Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Friday, Mountain Area Christian Academy was beaten by Philadelphia Christian School 57-24. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Nantahala didn't have quite enough to beat Summit Charter on Friday and fell 84-82. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (68), the Hawks still had to take the loss.
Mountain Area Christian Academy will need to focus on slowing down Cole McCoy, one of several Nantahala players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double with 40 points and 12 rebounds. McCoy is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in each of the last 16 games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Samuel Bateman, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 21 boards.
Nantahala's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Mountain Area Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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