Basketball Game Preview: Central Valley Academy Thunder vs. Waterville Indians

By Team Reports Jan 15, 2024, 2:14am

Preview: Central Valley Academy Thunder vs. Waterville Indians

Central Valley Academy has been on the road for five straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Waterville Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Central Valley Academy has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 757 points over their last 11 matchups.

Central Valley Academy stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Vernon-Verona-Sherrill 67-47. Given Central Valley Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Vernon-Verona-Sherrill is ranked 585th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The match pitted two dominant players against one another in Deacon Judd and Eliijah Donegan. Judd had a great game and dropped a double-double on 31 points and 13 rebounds. Meanwhile, Donegan was balling out in the loss, scoring 24 points along with six rebounds and three steals.

Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Waterville's good fortune finally ran out last Sunday. They took a 64-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Clinton.

Central Valley Academy pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Waterville, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3.