The City Baptist School Overcomers will head out on the road to face off against the Marquette Manor Baptist Academy Minutemen at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. City Baptist School comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 18 points in their last four games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.
Last Monday, City Baptist School took a serious blow against Calumet Christian, falling 55-13. While losing is never fun, City Baptist School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while Calumet Christian is ranked 165th).
Marquette Manor Baptist Academy fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They blew past Cathedral Baptist 67-29 on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 36-13.
Zack Csorba was his usual excellent self, scoring 40 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Marquette Manor Baptist Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Ezekiel Mabus, who scored 14 points.
Woodland Baptist Christian's victory bumped their season record to 0-0 while City Baptist School's defeat dropped theirs to 1-6.
City Baptist School skirted past Marquette Manor Baptist Academy 39-36 when the teams last played back in November. The rematch might be a little tougher for City Baptist School since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
