Preview: Millennium Lions vs. Cornerstone Charter Cardinals
Millennium is 0-10 against Cornerstone Charter since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Having just played yesterday, the Millennium Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Cornerstone Charter Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on February 16th. Millennium is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses.
On Thursday, Millennium came up short against Bethany and fell 64-51.
The losing side was boosted by Aryan Hira, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 58.8% of Millennium's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Tyler Handy was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Meanwhile, Cornerstone Charter also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Winston-Salem Prep by a score of 60-49. Cornerstone Charter has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Cornerstone Charter had strong showings from D'Trevion Harris, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds, and Spencer Knight, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. Harris has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Seth Woodard, who scored five points.
Millennium's loss dropped their record down to 2-22. As for Cornerstone Charter, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
Millennium was dealt a bruising 61-12 defeat at the hands of Cornerstone Charter in their previous meeting last Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harris, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 14 rebounds. Now that Millennium knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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