The New Manna Christian Wind and the Woodland Baptist Christian Eagles will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest, having both just played. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with New Manna Christian sitting on three straight victories and Woodland Baptist Christian on four.
New Manna Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Raleigh Christian Academy 58-22. Given the Wind's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 192nd in North Carolina, while the Eagles are ranked 586th in North Carolina), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Woodland Baptist Christian). They took down Victory Christian 70-55 on Thursday.
Woodland Baptist Christian's win bumped their record up to 19-4. As for New Manna Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
New Manna Christian came up short against Woodland Baptist Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 53-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Woodland Baptist Christian's Tabitha Airo, who dropped a double-double with 25 points and ten rebounds. Now that New Manna Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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