Basketball Preview: Scotland Christian Academy Saints vs. Living Water Christian Warriors
The Scotland Christian Academy Saints are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they face off against the Living Water Christian Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Scotland Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 29 on Tuesday.
Scotland Christian Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 65 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Wilmington Christian Academy on Tuesday. They were beaten by the Patriots 75-30. The loss was the Saints' first of the season.
Despite the defeat, Scotland Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: freshman Frankie McIntyre had 13 points along with seven rebounds. What's more, McIntyre also racked up three threes, the most he's had since back in January.
Meanwhile, Living Water Christian was fully in charge on Monday, breezing past Southside Christian 84-34. That looming 84-34 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Living Water Christian yet this season.
Living Water Christian's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Dwight Hooker, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten assists. The game was Hooker's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of James Boyt, who went 6 for 7 en route to 17 points plus two steals.
Living Water Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Scotland Christian Academy's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-1. As for Living Water Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.
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