Portsmouth Christian hasn't had much luck against Atlantic Shores Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Portsmouth Christian Patriots are taking a road trip to face off against the Atlantic Shores Christian Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Portsmouth Christian made easy work of Denbigh Baptist Christian and carried off a 58-35 victory. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 154th, while the Minutemen are ranked 320th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything went Atlantic Shores Christian's way against Hampton Christian Academy on Thursday as Atlantic Shores Christian made off with a 70-50 win. The Seahawks pushed the score to 60-34 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Atlantic Shores Christian is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.2 points per game. As for Portsmouth Christian, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-5.
Portsmouth Christian beat Atlantic Shores Christian 55-44 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Portsmouth Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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