The Greenville Christian Academy Knights and Ahoskie Christian will face off at 6:00 p.m. on January 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Greenville Christian Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Ahoskie Christian is ranked 116th).
After a string of three wins, Greenville Christian Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 46-30 bruising from Eastern Christian HomeSchool. Greenville Christian Academy has not had much luck with Eastern Christian HomeSchool recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Ahoskie Christian stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They breezed by Pamlico Christian Academy at home to the tune of 60-24. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win Ahoskie Christian has posted since November 3, 2023.
Morgan Wadsworth continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points along with six steals and three blocks. That makes it ten consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Ahoskie Christian's points. Lacey Berryman was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with three steals.
Greenville Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Ahoskie Christian, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Greenville Christian Academy came up short against Ahoskie Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 69-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wadsworth, who scored 39 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals. Now that Greenville Christian Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
