Bethel Christian Academy hasn't had much luck against Hilltop Christian recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Bethel Christian Academy Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Hilltop Christian Chargers.
Bethel Christian Academy heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Friday. The game between them and Greenville Christian Academy didn't end well, with Bethel Christian Academy falling 56-42.
Meanwhile, Hilltop Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They blew past the Saints 75-52. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Saints are ranked 479th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bethel Christian Academy better focus on containing Caleb Manriquez and Philip Joyner as the pair were huge in Hilltop Christian's win. Manriquez dropped a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Joyner went 6-for-10 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points. Manriquez's evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. Another player making a difference was Joseph McCabe, who went 5-for-8 to rack up 14 points and seven boards.
Hilltop Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in seven consecutive contests.
Bethel Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 9-16. As for Hilltop Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 22-4.
Bethel Christian Academy took a serious blow against Hilltop Christian in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 60-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manriquez, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and ten rebounds. Now that Bethel Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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