Two dominant guards in Caden Scarborough and Kobe Edgerton are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Cape Fear Christian Academy Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Crossroads Christian Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cape Fear Christian Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Crossroads Christian likes a good challenge.
Cape Fear Christian Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Bradford Academy to the tune of 80-16 on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cape Fear Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Elijah Ellis, who went 8 for 11 en route to 17 points plus eight assists and seven steals. The dominant performance also gave Ellis a new career-high in field goal percentage (73%). Scarborough was another key player, dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten assists.
Cape Fear Christian Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Crossroads Christian took their game last Friday with ease, bagging a 72-36 win over Pungo Christian Academy. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 39-5.
Crossroads Christian got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Edgerton out in front who went 6 for 12 en route to 17 points plus seven assists and seven steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Smith, who went 8 for 14 en route to 20 points plus eight rebounds and two steals.
Cape Fear Christian Academy's record now sits at 6-0. As for Crossroads Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Cape Fear Christian Academy has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 32.7 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Crossroads Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 35.4. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Cape Fear Christian Academy suffered a grim 82-61 defeat to Crossroads Christian in their previous matchup back in February. Thankfully for Cape Fear Christian Academy, Ben Gladieux (who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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