Roanoke Valley Christian is 9-1 against Faith Christian since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Roanoke Valley Christian EAGLES will head out on the road to face off against the Faith Christian Warriors at 8:00 p.m. Roanoke Valley Christian will be looking to extend their current 24-game winning streak.
In what's become a running theme this season, Roanoke Valley Christian gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They blew past United Christian Academy 69-38 at home. Roanoke Valley Christian pushed the score to 54-26 by the end of the third, a deficit United Christian Academy had little chance of recovering from.
Roanoke Valley Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Luke Somers, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Jeremy Chou, who scored 17 points along with five assists and four steals. Chou hasn't dropped below two steals for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Gutierrez, who scored nine points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Faith Christian had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Lions 45-43. The win made it back-to-back wins for Faith Christian.
Landon Newton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 18 points along with six rebounds. Aaron Ridge was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with six rebounds.
Roanoke Valley Christian pushed their record up to 24-2 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Faith Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Roanoke Valley Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Faith Christian in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 46-40 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Newton, who scored 24 points along with five rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Roanoke Valley Christian still be able to contain Newton? There's only one way to find out.
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