Basketball Game Preview: Academy with Community Partners Lions vs. American Leadership Academy

Two dominant guards in Demise Kimble and CJ Christopher Williams are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Academy with Community Partners Lions will square off against American Leadership Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Academy with Community Partners is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.

Last Wednesday, Academy with Community Partners humbled Our Lady of the Sun Academy with a 71-19 victory. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely American Leadership Academy's strategy against Berean Academy on Thursday. American Leadership Academy walked away with an 82-73 win over Berean Academy. Given American Leadership Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while Berean Academy is ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Academy with Community Partners better keep an eye on Williams. He was instrumental in American Leadership Academy's win, dropping a double-double on 51 points and 12 assists. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Williams has scored at least a third of American Leadership Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of DeAnte Echtinaw, who posted nine points and five rebounds.

American Leadership Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.4 points per game. As for Academy with Community Partners, their victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-2.

Everything went Academy with Community Partners' way against American Leadership Academy when the teams last played on Friday, as Academy with Community Partners made off with an 86-66 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Williams, who had 41 points in addition to six assists and six boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Academy with Community Partners still be able to contain Williams? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.