After both having extra time off, the Army-Navy Warriors and the Foothills Christian Knights will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Two weeks ago, Army-Navy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 54-50 to Vincent Memorial. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Foothills Christian). They walked away with a 71-60 victory over Clairemont last Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Army-Navy better keep an eye on Patrick Delahoussaye. He was instrumental in Foothills Christian's win, putting up 34 points. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Delahoussaye has scored at least a third of Foothills Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Joey Turk, who posted 15 points.
Foothills Christian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Army-Navy, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4.
Everything went Army-Navy's way against Foothills Christian in their previous meeting on December 4th, as Army-Navy made off with a 55-34 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Army-Navy 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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