Elkhart Christian Academy is 8-2 against Lakeland Christian Academy since January of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Elkhart Christian Academy Eagles will take on the Lakeland Christian Academy Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Elkhart Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Tuesday.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Elkhart Christian Academy had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 59-52. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Elkhart Christian Academy.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Aiden Hibbard and Tyson Chupp. Hibbard had a great game and dropped a double-double on 41 points and 13 rebounds. Meanwhile, Chupp was balling out in the loss, scoring 22 points along with six assists.
Meanwhile, Lakeland Christian Academy took a serious blow against Whitko on Friday, falling 60-21. While losing is never fun, Lakeland Christian Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 441st, while Whitko is ranked 135th).
Micah Martin put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 14 points.
Elkhart Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Lakeland Christian Academy, they dropped their record down to 5-18 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
This contest is shaping up to be a blowout: Elkhart Christian Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 55.3 points per game. It's a different story for Lakeland Christian Academy, though, as they've been averaging only 33.8 points per game. The only thing between Elkhart Christian Academy and another offensive beatdown is Lakeland Christian Academy. Will they be able to keep them contained?
Everything came up roses for Elkhart Christian Academy against Lakeland Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in January as the team secured a 62-32 win. Will Elkhart Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Lakeland Christian Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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