The Grace Christian Crusaders will take on the TPLS Christian Academy Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Grace Christian has six straight victories, TPLS Christian Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Grace Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Terry Sanford, who was ranked 19th at the time (Grace Christian was ranked fourth). Grace Christian walked away with a 67-58 win over Terry Sanford on Monday.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Jordan Speller and Ameya Brown. Speller had a great game and dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten assists. Meanwhile, Brown did her best for the losing side, putting up 11 points.
Meanwhile, TPLS Christian Academy came up short against Wesleyan Christian Academy on Monday and fell 73-65. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by exactly eight points.
Grace Christian pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37 points. As for TPLS Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-16.
Everything came up roses for Grace Christian against TPLS Christian Academy when the teams last played on Thursday, as the team secured a 78-45 win. Does Grace Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will TPLS Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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