Preview: Academy of Our Lady of Peace Pilots vs. East Hickman County Eagles
The Academy of Our Lady of Peace Pilots are on the road again on Thursday and play against the East Hickman County Eagles at 5:55 p.m. on December 28th. Hopefully Academy of Our Lady of Peace focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 two weeks ago.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up ten more assists than your opponent, a fact Academy of Our Lady of Peace proved. The stars were shining brightly for them in a 63-49 victory over St. Joseph Academy.
It was another big night for Jillian Nowicki, who went 7 for 16 from beyond the arc en route to 33 points and 7 assists. That makes it nine consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of Academy of Our Lady of Peace's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey O'neal, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, East Hickman County's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They took a 60-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Shadow Hills.
Academy of Our Lady of Peace's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for East Hickman County, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-2.
