The Word of God Christian Academy Holy Rams will be home for the holidays to greet Freedom Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Word of God Christian Academy has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 535 points over their last eight matchups.
Back in November, Word of God Christian Academy beat High Point Christian Academy 60-53. The win was all the more spectacular given Word of God Christian Academy's disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while High Point Christian Academy is ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, Freedom Christian Academy's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight loss. They fell 73-66 to Grace Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Tuesday (63), Freedom Christian Academy still had to take the loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Karsten Swinney, who scored 22 points. The match was his 15th in a row with at least ten points. Noa Von Pine was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with six rebounds.
Word of God Christian Academy's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Freedom Christian Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-8.
Word of God Christian Academy strolled past Freedom Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in November by a score of 87-73. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Swinney, who scored 31 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Word of God Christian Academy still be able to contain him? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
