Having just played yesterday, the Fellowship Baptist Academy Eagles will get right back to it and host the New Life Christian Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on January 26th. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fellowship Baptist Academy scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 65-11 win over Raleigh Christian Academy. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory Fellowship Baptist Academy has managed all season.
Meanwhile, New Life Christian Academy entered their tilt with Mount Calvary Christian with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. New Life Christian Academy blew past Mount Calvary Christian 85-25 at home. With New Life Christian Academy ahead 51-9 at the half, the game was all but over already.
New Life Christian Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ty'lik Taylor, who scored 27 points along with six steals and five rebounds, and Jamir Loftin, who scored 28 points along with seven assists and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Taylor has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Clayton Hedgepeth, who scored 14 points along with four steals.
Fellowship Baptist Academy pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.4 points per game. As for New Life Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Fellowship Baptist Academy and New Life Christian Academy were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup on January 11th, but Fellowship Baptist Academy came up empty-handed after a 65-64 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Loftin, who scored 28 points along with five assists and five steals. Now that Fellowship Baptist Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
