The First Baptist Academy Eagles's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their 13th straight defeat. They suffered a tough 70-47 defeat at the hands of Berean Christian. First Baptist Academy has struggled against the recently, as their match on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, First Baptist Academy still got an impressive performance from Cooper Roberts, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 17 rebounds. That was a full 57.4% of First Baptist Academy's points, marking the 13th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
First Baptist Academy struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Berean Christian pulled down 13 offensive rebounds.
Berean Christian was led to victory by Connor Copeland and Deonte Smith. Copeland scored 19 points along with two steals, while Smith scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Smith has been hot recently, having posted 19 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Belew, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
First Baptist Academy dropped their record down to 1-22 with that loss, which was their 22nd straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Berean Christian, the victory was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-4.
First Baptist Academy will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Knights at 7:30 p.m. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Tennessee (White Academy is ranked 435th, while the Eagles are ranked 418th). As for Berean Christian, they and the Blazers will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 29th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Clayton-Bradley Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Saturday.
