After three games on the road, Rocky Hill Country Day is heading back home. They will take on the Austin Prep Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Rocky Hill Country Day focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Tuesday.
Rocky Hill Country Day can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 77-44 victory over Lexington Christian Academy. Given Rocky Hill Country Day's advantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 15th in Rhode Island, while the Lions are ranked 90th in Massachusetts), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rocky Hill Country Day's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aliona Nikulina led the charge by scoring 17 points along with six steals and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Mahar, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Austin Prep took a serious blow against the Titans back in January, falling 71-24. Austin Prep was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 45-10.
Rocky Hill Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Austin Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
