The Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm will head out on the road to face off against the First Baptist Saints at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest loss since December 6th on Saturday. They fell just short of Marion by a score of 64-62. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 218th in Texas, while the Patriots are ranked 14th in Arkansas).
Meanwhile, First Baptist came tearing into Saturday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 66-39 stomp they got against the Warriors. The Saints have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 22 points or more this season.
First Baptist pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.5 points per game. As for Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes skirted past First Baptist 52-50 in their previous meeting back in December of 2018. Will Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes repeat their success, or does First Baptist have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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