Basketball Recap: Combine Academy Global Drops Highest Score of Season Against Carter G. Woodson

Goats

Team Score

12/16/24 @ Carter G. Woodson	72
12/09/24 vs Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy	65
10/30/24 vs Combine Academy Varsity	64
12/14/24 @ Greater Vision Academy	59
12/07/24 vs DME Academy White	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Combine Academy Global). They put the hurt on the Carter G. Woodson Eagle with a sharp 72-46 win on Monday. Given the Goats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Eagle are ranked 472nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Combine Academy Global to victory, but perhaps none more so than Xavier Eddington, who posted nine points along with five assists and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of John Stokes III, who put up 12 points.

Eddington wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Combine Academy Global was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

The victory was the fourth in a row for Combine Academy Global, bringing their record for this year to 8-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Carter G. Woodson, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.

Combine Academy Global and Quality Education Academy will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday without much rest having both just played. Combine Academy Global is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53 points per game this season. As for Carter G. Woodson, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Greater Vision Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Carter G. Woodson is facing Greater Vision Academy at the right time seeing as Greater Vision Academy is stuck on a five-game losing streak.