Basketball Game Preview: Lutheran South Academy Pioneers vs. St. Agnes Academy Tigers

Having just played yesterday, the Lutheran South Academy Pioneers will get right back to it and host the St. Agnes Academy Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lutheran South Academy will be strutting in after a win while St. Agnes Academy will be coming in after a loss.

Lutheran South Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart for the full four quarters, racking up a 60-33 victory. The Pioneers pushed the score to 47-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Chargers had little chance of recovering from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lutheran South Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sam Averyt, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Annaliese De La Pena, who posted 16 points.

Lutheran South Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in six consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, St. Agnes Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 36-32 heartbreaker at the hands of Oceanside Collegiate Academy. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 411th in Texas, while the Landsharks are ranked 38th in South Carolina).

St. Agnes Academy's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Lutheran South Academy, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-10.

Lutheran South Academy might still be hurting after the 46-23 defeat they got from St. Agnes Academy in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Thankfully for Lutheran South Academy, Sammy Meyers (who went 6 of 10 on her way to 18 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.