Basketball Game Preview: Altamonte Christian Eagles vs. Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldogs

The Altamonte Christian Eagles will take on the Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Altamonte Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They breezed past Merritt Island Christian to the tune of 72-32. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their 22-point performance the matchup before.

Meanwhile, Mount Dora Christian Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Pirates 56-30. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Pirates are ranked 347th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mount Dora Christian Academy's win came from a few key players Altamonte Christian will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Anastacia Purdy, who went 9-for-17 on her way to 22 points. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aranya Alexander, who went 5-for-12 to rack up 13 points and five steals.

Altamonte Christian is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points over those games. As for Mount Dora Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 17-9.

Altamonte Christian was dealt a bruising 69-37 loss at the hands of Mount Dora Christian Academy when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mount Dora Christian Academy's Natalie Doan, who went 10-for-13 en route to 25 points and five rebounds. Now that Altamonte Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.