The Celebration Storm will take on the City of Life Christian Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Celebration will head into Monday's match after some sweet revenge against Windermere: Celebration made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Windermere, but still couldn't quite topple them. Celebration breezed by Windermere to the tune of 55-28 on Monday. That 27 point margin sets a new team best for the Storm this season.
| 01/06/25 vs Windermere | 9 |
| 12/21/24 vs Jackson County | 10 |
| 12/19/24 @ Gateway | 8 |
| 12/18/24 @ St. Cloud | 8 |
| 12/16/24 vs Ridgeview Global Studies Academy | 10 |
Evelyn Juden and Emma Zukowski were among the main playmakers for Celebration as the former almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards and the latter went 9 of 14 on her way to 22 points in addition to five boards and three steals. Juden is on a roll when it comes to boards, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last 11 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Kolaric, who posted six points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, everything went City of Life Christian Academy's way against Legacy Charter back in December of 2024 as City of Life Christian Academy made off with a 38-17 win. The Warriors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 21 points or more this season.
Celebration better keep an eye on Abigail Squires. She was instrumental in City of Life Christian Academy's win, almost dropping a double-double on 18 points and nine steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Squires has scored at least a third of City of Life Christian Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Joelle King, who had four points in addition to 11 rebounds and six blocks.
City of Life Christian Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in five consecutive games.
City of Life Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.3 points. As for Celebration, they moved to 6-6 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Celebration has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 35.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like City of Life Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 33.5 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
