Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Hawks vs. Atlanta Jewish Academy Jaguar

The Heritage Hawks will square off against the Atlanta Jewish Academy Jaguar at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has nine straight wins, Atlanta Jewish Academy has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Heritage is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Holy Spirit Prep: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Heritage blew Holy Spirit Prep out of the water with an 84-27 final score. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 34 points or more this season.

Sam Mead continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 14 of 18 on his way to 33 points and eight boards. Those 33 points gave him a new career-high. Barron Ofosu-Kwarteng was another key player, dropping a double-double on 12 points and ten assists.

Heritage was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Atlanta Jewish Academy came up short against The Weber School on Monday and fell 54-43.

Heritage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points per game. As for Atlanta Jewish Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-14.

Everything came up roses for Heritage against Atlanta Jewish Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as the team secured a 74-36 victory. In that match, Heritage amassed a halftime lead of 46-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.