Basketball Recap: Combine Academy Global Piles Up the Points Against Greater Vision Academy

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Combine Academy Global on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Greater Vision Academy Lions out of the water with a 59-31 final score. The Goats pushed the score to 42-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions had little chance of recovering from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Combine Academy Global to victory, but perhaps none more so than John Stokes III, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 15 rebounds. Stokes III is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Eddington, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 13 points.

Combine Academy Global was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

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Previous 3 Games

12/14/24 @ Greater Vision Academy	59-31
12/12/24 vs Winston Salem Christian	52-44
12/09/24 vs Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy	65-34

The victory (which was Combine Academy Global's third in a row) raised their record to 7-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.7 points per game. As for Greater Vision Academy, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-5.

Coincidentally, Combine Academy Global and Greater Vision Academy will both be playing Carter G. Woodson the next time they take the court. Combine Academy Global will host Carter G. Woodson on Monday, while Greater Vision Academy will head out to face them at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.