Middletown Christian is 1-9 against Legacy Christian Academy since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Middletown Christian Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Legacy Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. Middletown Christian is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Middletown Christian pushed their score all the way to 67 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Cincinnati Christian 73-67.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Legacy Christian Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 52-51 to Dixie.
Despite the loss, Legacy Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: Jacob Thompson dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 rebounds. Thompson has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 13 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Michael Little, who scored 12 points.
Middletown Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Legacy Christian Academy, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4.
Middletown Christian suffered a grim 59-37 defeat to Legacy Christian Academy when the teams last played back in January. Can Middletown Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
