Preview: American Collegiate Academy Rough Riders vs. Keswick Christian Crusaders
The American Collegiate Academy Rough Riders will be playing at home against the Keswick Christian Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (American Collegiate Academy has three straight victories, Keswick Christian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
American Collegiate Academy has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 28 points or more this season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Tournament Opponent 87-13 at home.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead American Collegiate Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tristan Townsend, who scored 31 points along with 6 steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Townsend has scored at least 25% of American Collegiate Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trent Cooper, who scored 21 points along with 6 steals.
Meanwhile, Keswick Christian pushed their score all the way to 56 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The game between Keswick Christian and The Classical Academy of Sarasota wasn't particularly close, with Keswick Christian falling 70-56. While losing is never fun, Keswick Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 481st, while The Classical Academy of Sarasota is ranked 215th).
Their wins bumped American Collegiate Academy to 3-0 and Tournament Opponent to 21-85.
