Basketball Preview: Clayton-Bradley Academy Blazers vs. Providence Academy
The Clayton-Bradley Academy Blazers will square off against the Providence Academy Providence Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Clayton-Bradley Academy is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Monday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 63-31 victory over White Academy. The Blazers pushed the score to 46-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had little chance of recovering from.
Mia Adkins had a dynamite game for Clayton-Bradley Academy, posting 27 points along with six assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Adkins a new career-high in threes (four). Emma Bault was another key player, scoring 15 points plus six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Providence Academy came up short against Tri-Cities Christian on Friday and fell 69-62.
Despite their loss, Providence Academy saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Kinley Painter, who went 8 for 18 en route to 24 points plus five rebounds and five steals, was perhaps the best of all. Painter's afternoon made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Phillips, who went 6 for 14 en route to 16 points plus five rebounds and four steals.
Clayton-Bradley Academy might still be hurting after the 47-23 defeat they got from Providence Academy in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Painter, who went 9 for 20 en route to 22 points plus six rebounds and five assists. Now that Clayton-Bradley Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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