The Unity Christian Lions will take on the Horizon Christian Academy Warriors at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Unity Christian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 840 points over their last 12 games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Unity Christian had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They blew past the Challengers 74-51.
Meanwhile, Horizon Christian Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.3 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They took down The Habersham School 81-64. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
It was another big night for Hunter Beenken, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 rebounds. He continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Holcombe, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Unity Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Horizon Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 18-11.
Everything came up roses for Unity Christian against Horizon Christian Academy when the teams last played back in February of 2021 as the team secured a 66-36 win. In that game, Unity Christian amassed a halftime lead of 46-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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