Basketball Preview: Athens Christian Preparatory Academy Storm vs. Christian Heritage Sentinels
Athens Christian Preparatory Academy has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Christian Heritage Sentinels at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
You can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Athens Christian Preparatory Academy's strategy against the Royals on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Athens Christian Preparatory Academy blew the Royals out of the water with a 55-15 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-8.
Kiley Normandin and Rachel Richardson were among the main playmakers for Athens Christian Preparatory Academy as the former dropped a double-double on 21 points and 17 rebounds and the latter scored 23 points along with eight assists and three steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which Richardson has scored at least a third of Athens Christian Preparatory Academy's points. Lexi Irvin was another key contributor, scoring six points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Christian Heritage had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.3 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They claimed a resounding 56-17 victory over Regents Academy on the road. 56 seems to be a good number for Christian Heritage as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Athens Christian Preparatory Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Christian Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
Athens Christian Preparatory Academy took a serious blow against the Sentinels when the teams last played back in January, falling 53-25. Will Athens Christian Preparatory Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
