King's Academy is 1-6 against Bishop Gorman since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The King's Academy Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Bishop Gorman Crusaders at 7:30 p.m.
King's Academy is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against LEAD Academy, falling 44-21.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bishop Gorman, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They took down East Texas Homeschool Sports 75-59 on Tuesday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Chargers are ranked 635th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bishop Gorman's win came from a few key players King's Academy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jaylon Miles, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ej Coppock, who posted 17 points along with five boards and three steals.
Bishop Gorman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for King's Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
King's Academy was taken down by Bishop Gorman 66-20 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point King's Academy was down 37-9.
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