Basketball Recap: Fayette Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Carroll Academy

Vikings

Team Score

01/27/25 @ Carroll Academy	58
11/25/24 vs Regents	41
01/23/25 vs Margolin Hebrew Academy	36
12/28/24 vs Evangelical Christian	33
12/27/24 vs Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering	31

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fayette Academy). They blew past the Carroll Academy Jaguars, posting a 58-6 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Vikings considering their 23-point performance the game before.

Abbi Tucker went supernova for Fayette Academy, going 8 of 9 en route to 18 points along with five boards and four steals. Those 18 points gave Tucker a new career-high. Lily Gilbert was another key player, going 5 for 10 on her way to 10 points and five steals.

Fayette Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Fayette Academy's victory ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-15. As for Carroll Academy, they are on a 23-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.

Fayette Academy won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Westminster Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Carroll Academy, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Carroll Academy Jaguars take on the Trinity Christian Academy Lions at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.