The Founders Classical Academy Hoplites will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lifegate Christian Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Founders Classical Academy pushed their score all the way to 65 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were beaten by Sunnybrook Christian 93-65. While losing is never fun, Founders Classical Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 881st, while Sunnybrook Christian is ranked 408th).
Meanwhile, Lifegate Christian took a serious blow against Sunnybrook Christian on Tuesday, falling 85-34.
This is the second loss in a row for Founders Classical Academy and nudges their season record down to 6-6. As for Lifegate Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
Founders Classical Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Lifegate Christian in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 47-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lifegate Christian's Rowe Hansen, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine blocks. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Founders Classical Academy still be able to contain Hansen? There's only one way to find out.