Nazarene Christian Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Christian Life Preparatory Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Nazarene Christian Academy struggled with three-point shooting accuracy on Tuesday (the Eagles were 29% better) and sadly the final score reflected it. Nazarene Christian Academy's rough 56-34 loss to the Eagles might stick with them for a while. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Nazarene Christian Academy in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.
The losing side was boosted by Dakota Becker, who scored 28 points along with seven steals. That was a full 82.4% of Nazarene Christian Academy's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, this season hasn't been kind to Christian Life Preparatory, who are still winless after their fifth game. They took a serious blow against Ovilla Christian two weeks ago, falling 68-18. While losing is never fun, Christian Life Preparatory can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1473rd, while the Eagles are ranked 711th).
Nazarene Christian Academy has not been sharp recently as the team's lost 11 of their last 13 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season. As for Christian Life Preparatory, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Nazarene Christian Academy strolled past the Knights when the teams last played back in January by a score of 45-30. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nazarene Christian Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
