Basketball Game Preview: Shining Star Sports Academy Panthers vs. Crestwood Prep (North York, Ontario)

The Shining Star Sports Academy Panthers and Crestwood Prep (North York, Ontario) will face off at 12:20 p.m. on Sunday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Shining Star Sports Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Central Pointe Christian Academy National, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Shining Star Sports Academy was ranked 14th). Shining Star Sports Academy walked away with a 78-66 victory over Central Pointe Christian Academy National on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.

Shining Star Sports Academy had a senior duo take command as Harissoum Coulibaly went 8 of 9 en route to 20 points along with five assists and five boards and Ndeye Diagne posted 14 points and eight rebounds. Coulibaly's evening made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Filomena Luis, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 12 points.

Meanwhile, Crestwood Prep (North York, Ontario) was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Archbishop Spalding 58-29.

Shining Star Sports Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Crestwood Prep (North York, Ontario), their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.