Faith Baptist is 10-0 against Faith Christian since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Faith Baptist Eagle will welcome Faith Christian at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Faith Baptist has three straight victories, Faith Christian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Faith Baptist is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing CHASE: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Faith Baptist blew CHASE out of the water with a 71-37 final score. The Eagle pushed the score to 59-31 by the end of the third, a deficit CHASE had little chance of recovering from.
Zech Gartrelle
| 01/31/25 vs CHASE | 19 |
| 01/27/25 vs Mid-Michigan HomeSchoolers | 25 |
| 01/13/25 @ Rochester Hills Christian | 18 |
| 01/07/25 @ State Line Christian | 21 |
| 12/17/24 @ Faith Christian | 30 |
Faith Baptist's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Zech Gartrelle led the charge by putting up 19 points. The contest was Gartrelle's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Troy Smither, who posted 16 points.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 62-40 to Bethany Christian. While losing is never fun, Faith Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 611th, while Bethany Christian is ranked 238th).
Faith Baptist will have to contain Isaac Kaynor as he made an impact in Faith Christian's last game. He went 5 of 9 on his way to 11 points. Another player making a difference was Mark Kincer, who scored six points in addition to five rebounds and three blocks.
Faith Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Faith Baptist, their win bumped their record up to 9-6.
Faith Baptist beat Faith Christian 55-46 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Will Faith Baptist repeat their success, or does Faith Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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