Two dominant guards in Zack Csorba and David Stapleton are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Marquette Manor Baptist Academy Minutemen are taking a road trip to take on the Bible Baptist Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Marquette Manor Baptist Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.5 points per game this season.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy easily dispatched Non Varsity Opponent back in December of 2024, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Marquette Manor Baptist Academy fell just short of Varsity Opponent by a score of 37-34 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Minutemen have suffered since November 20, 2023.
Loss or not, Marquette Manor Baptist Academy got some senior leadership from Csorba and Adrian Pamintuan. Csorba posted 15 points, while Pamintuan had 13 points. That was a full 44.1% of Marquette Manor Baptist Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, Bible Baptist came up short against Varsity Opponent on Thursday and fell 53-46. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy will have to keep a close watch on Marcos Carrillo and Clayton Luchene, a pair of players who had a big impact on Bible Baptist's prior game. Carrillo went 6 for 11 on his way to 13 points, while Luchene put up 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Silas Snyder, who posted eight points.
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-4 record this season. As for Bible Baptist, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Everything came up roses for Marquette Manor Baptist Academy against Bible Baptist in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, as the team secured a 74-37 win. In that contest, Marquette Manor Baptist Academy amassed a halftime lead of 43-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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