Valley Christian and Gospel Light Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2018, but not for long. The Valley Christian River Hawks will square off against the Gospel Light Christian Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley Christian has three straight victories, Gospel Light Christian has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Valley Christian will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Arkansas Christian Academy, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Valley Christian walked away with a 41-32 win over Arkansas Christian Academy on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Valley Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Michael Sawyer, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 14 points, to go along with eight boards and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kole McGhee, who posted 14 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Gospel Light Christian played a tough matchup on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 72-40 loss at the hands of Christian Ministries Academy.
Valley Christian's victory bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Gospel Light Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Valley Christian strolled past Gospel Light Christian in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 71-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Valley Christian since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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