This season hasn't been kind to Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy, who are still winless after their fifth contest. They took a 53-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of Victory Baptist Academy on Friday. While losing is never fun, Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 404th in Virginia, while Victory Baptist Academy is ranked 35th in West Virginia).
Leading Victory Baptist Academy to victory were Ethan Hunt and Landon Cormican. Hunt scored 14 points along with six assists, while Cormican scored 24 points. The contest was Cormican's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Owen Giles was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Victory Baptist Academy, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Evangel Christian at 6:00 p.m. on January 22nd. Victory Baptist Academy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Northern Virginia HomeSchool at 1:00 p.m. on January 6th. Northern Virginia HomeSchool is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.