The Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors will square off against the Southside Christian Sabres at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Spartanburg Christian Academy is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Spartanburg Christian Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Chesnee on Friday. Spartanburg Christian Academy had to suffer through a 67-31 loss at the hands of Chesnee. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Eagles are ranked 85th).
Meanwhile, Southside Christian was just a bucket shy of victory last Saturday and fell 58-57 to Mountain View Prep.
Spartanburg Christian Academy will need focus on slowing down Bryson Duck, one of several Southside Christian players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 13 points and six assists. Ned Murphy was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on nine points and 14 rebounds.
Southside Christian has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-5 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points per game. As for Spartanburg Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Spartanburg Christian Academy was taken down by Southside Christian 81-44 when the teams last played on December 12th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southside Christian's Zane Hagy, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 21 points. Now that Spartanburg 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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