Two dominant guards in Treivan Wright and Grant Morrison are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Curtis Baptist Crusaders will head out to square off against the Charleston Collegiate Sundevils at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Curtis Baptist was able to grind out a solid win over Augusta E, taking the game 68-56. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Eagles are ranked 559th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wiltrez (Trez) Mincey
| 01/14/25 @ Augusta E | 29 |
| 01/09/25 vs Hammond | 18 |
| 01/07/25 vs Mead Hall Episcopal School | 17 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Curtis Baptist to victory, but perhaps none more so than Wiltrez (Trez) Mincey, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 15 rebounds. Mincey's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Wright was another key player, going 9 for 16 en route to 23 points.
Meanwhile, Charleston Collegiate didn't have quite enough to beat Faith Christian on Thursday and fell 59-57. While the Sundevils didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 18-11 in the first quarter.
Curtis Baptist will have to keep a close watch on Morrison and Thomas Reed, a pair of players who had a big impact on Charleston Collegiate's prior game. Morrison dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten assists, while Reed almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine boards. That was a full 35.1% of Charleston Collegiate's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kani Butler, who earned 11 points.
Curtis Baptist now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Charleston Collegiate, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5.
Keep an eye on the arc in Tuesday's contest: Curtis Baptist has been dynamite from deep this season, having made 38.4% of their three-pointers per game. It's a different story for Charleston Collegiate, though, as they've only made 26.9% of their threes this season. Given Curtis Baptist's sizable advantage in that area, Charleston Collegiate will need to find a way to close that gap.
Curtis Baptist strolled past Charleston Collegiate when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a score of 78-62. Does Curtis Baptist have another victory up their sleeve, or will Charleston Collegiate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
