Mount Zion Christian Academy is 7-2 against New Life Christian Academy since November of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mount Zion Christian Academy Mighty Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the New Life Christian Academy Monarchs at 7:00 p.m. Mount Zion Christian Academy has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 1-2 during that stretch of close contests.
Mount Zion Christian Academy pushed their score all the way to 76 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Wayne Preparatory Academy by a score of 78-76. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (74), Mount Zion Christian Academy still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, New Life Christian Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Falcon Christian Academy 61-16 at home. Given New Life Christian Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while Falcon Christian Academy is ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mount Zion Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-16. As for New Life Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 18-13 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Mount Zion Christian Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their game against New Life Christian Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 66-62 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was New Life Christian Academy's Marquez Rochelle, who scored 17 points along with two steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mount Zion Christian Academy still be able to contain Rochelle? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
