Northside Christian Academy and Corinth Christian Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. Northside Christian Academy just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Corinth Christian Academy Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northside Christian Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Corinth Christian Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
While Northside Christian Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They pulled ahead with a 1-0 photo finish over Westwood Christian on Monday. The one-point effort marked Northside Christian Academy's lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Corinth Christian Academy played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against First Assembly Christian Academy, falling 62-40. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Northside Christian Academy will need focus on slowing down Cason Amerson, one of several Corinth Christian Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 boards. Amerson is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last five games he's played. Another player making a difference was Peyton Smith, who posted 12 points.
Corinth Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Northside Christian Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Everything went Northside Christian Academy's way against Corinth Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in January, as Northside Christian Academy made off with a 48-25 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northside Christian Academy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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