Basketball Game Preview: Newman Greenies vs. Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Swamp Owls

The Newman Greenies just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Swamp Owls at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Newman will be strutting in after a victory while Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy will be coming in after a loss.

Newman is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing West Jefferson: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Newman blew West Jefferson out of the water with a 53-20 final score. The Greenies pushed the score to 44-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers had no chance of recovering from.

Meanwhile, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 39-34 heartbreaker at the hands of South Terrebonne.

Newman will have to contain Chaela Alexander as she made an impact in Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy's last game. She went 7 of 9 on her way to 19 points and five boards. That was a full 55.9% of Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jewel Jefferson, who had two points and 12 rebounds.

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Newman, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-11.