Basketball Recap: Cape Fear Academy Takes Down Trinity Academy in a Playoff Battle

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cape Fear Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They took down the Trinity Academy Tigers 51-35. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Tigers are ranked 266th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Milly Kelley

Points

02/13/25 vs Trinity Academy	20
02/06/25 vs Epiphany	15
02/03/25 vs Arendell Parrott Academy	25
01/31/25 vs Coastal Christian	19
01/29/25 @ Coastal Christian	20
+ 4 more games

Cape Fear Academy's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Milly Kelley, who posted 20 points in addition to eight steals and five rebounds. Kelley's afternoon made it nine games in a row in which she has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lulu Wells, who had seven points along with ten steals and six boards.

Cape Fear Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Trinity Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-9.

Cape Fear Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, an 85-55 loss against Greensboro Day School on the 15th. Trinity Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.