Sacramento Country Day is 1-9 against Faith Christian since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sacramento Country Day Cavaliers will head out on the road to take on the Faith Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Sacramento Country Day has struggled recently with 12 defeats in a row, while Faith Christian will arrive with seven straight wins.
Last Saturday, Sacramento Country Day took a serious blow against Valley Christian, falling 58-30. While losing is never fun, Sacramento Country Day can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1255th, while Valley Christian is ranked 411th).
Faith Christian proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 47) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Valley Christian out 74-72. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Faith Christian's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lauren Harris, who dropped a double-double on 45 points and 17 rebounds. That makes it 23 consecutive games in which Harris has scored at least a third of Faith Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Presley Berry, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Sacramento Country Day's defeat was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Faith Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season.
Sacramento Country Day took a serious blow against Faith Christian when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 66-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harris, who shot 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and dropped a triple-double on 24 points, 13 rebounds, and ten assists. Now that Sacramento Country Day knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
