Basketball Preview: Phoenix Academy Firebirds vs. North Stokes Vikings
The Phoenix Academy Firebirds will challenge the North Stokes Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Phoenix Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up six on Thursday.
Phoenix Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Millers Creek Christian 63-20. With the Firebirds ahead 36-10 at the half, the game was all but over already.
It was another big night for Destiny Kinsey, who scored 21 points in addition to seven steals and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Courtney Johnston, who scored six points along with eight rebounds and six steals.
Phoenix Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, North Stokes put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 35-34 victory over Patrick County. The 35-point effort marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The win made it two in a row for Phoenix Academy and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for North Stokes, their victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
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