Suffolk Christian Academy is 0-6 against the Eagles since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Suffolk Christian Academy Knights will look to defend their home court against the Bethel Assembly Christian Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Suffolk Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 last Friday.
Suffolk Christian Academy came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They really took it to New Life Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-11 victory on the road. Suffolk Christian Academy pushed the score to 31-5 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bobcats had little chance of recovering from.
Suffolk Christian Academy can attribute much of their success to Jamielyn Pippin, who scored 11 points, and Harper Sullivan, who scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and seven steals. Sullivan is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season.
Meanwhile, Bethel Assembly Christian Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. Their tough 79-56 defeat to Ahoskie Christian might stick with them for a while. Bethel Assembly Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-27.
Bethel Assembly Christian Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Lauren Taylor, who scored 16 points along with five steals, and Coleen Askew who scored 16 points. Taylor is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last seven games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Bazemore, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Suffolk Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Bethel Assembly Christian Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Suffolk Christian Academy have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 35.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Bethel Assembly Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 31 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Suffolk Christian Academy might still be hurting after the 54-32 loss they got from the Eagles in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Askew, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds. Now that Suffolk Christian Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
