Fayetteville Christian is 0-10 against Freedom Christian Academy since January of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The Fayetteville Christian Warriors just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Freedom Christian Academy Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Fayetteville Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.5 points per game this season.
Fayetteville Christian is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Berean Baptist Academy on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Fayetteville Christian was beaten by Berean Baptist Academy 77-40. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 328th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 91st).
Fayetteville Christian's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ethan Durgadin, who went 7 of 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points, and Joshua Kummer, who posted 12 points.
Meanwhile, Freedom Christian Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 46 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They breezed by the Knights to the tune of 98-40. The Patriots have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 23 points or more this season.
Fayetteville Christian better focus on containing Bryce West and Karsten Swinney as the pair were huge in Freedom Christian Academy's win. West dropped a double-double on 35 points and 11 boards, while Swinney had 29 points in addition to five assists and four steals. The game was Swinney's 11th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Haidyn Bell, who dropped a double-double on 18 boards and ten assists.
Freedom Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 34 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Freedom Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 93.5 points per game. As for Fayetteville Christian, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Fayetteville Christian and Freedom Christian Academy are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Fayetteville Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 55.5 points per game. However, it's not like Freedom Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 84.3 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Fayetteville Christian lost to Freedom Christian Academy on the road by a decisive 71-56 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. Can Fayetteville Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
