Shekinah Christian is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Northside Christian is on a nine-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Shekinah Christian Flames will host the Northside Christian Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Shekinah Christian beats Northside Christian with 69 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Shekinah Christian claimed a resounding 69-33 win over Columbus International. Given the Flames' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Lions are ranked 776th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Northside Christian on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Wellington School out of the water with a 65-34 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Lions had established a 29 point advantage.
Northside Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Shekinah Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Shekinah Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Northside Christian in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 57-51 win. Will Shekinah Christian repeat their success, or does Northside Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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