Basketball Preview: Hope Academy Trojan Tigers vs. Trinity Catholic Celtics
The Hope Academy Trojan Tigers will challenge the Trinity Catholic Celtics at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Hope Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Friday.
Hope Academy will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Friday after a huge 49-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Wekiva by a score of 52-50.
Despite the defeat, Hope Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Dwayne Foreman III went 9 for 17 en route to 25 points plus three steals. Foreman III's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Nehemiah Rapael, who earned nine points in addition to seven rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Trinity Catholic took care of business in their home opener on Friday. They managed a 52-47 win over Mount Dora.
Trinity Catholic got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jadiel Jimenez out in front who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Weichens, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds.
Hope Academy's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Trinity Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
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