Queen's Grant and Valor Preparatory Academy are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Queen's Grant Stallions will challenge the Valor Preparatory Academy Owls at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Queen's Grant has three straight victories, Valor Preparatory Academy has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, Queen's Grant took their matchup with ease, bagging a 74-12 win over Sugar Creek Charter. The Stallions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 24 points or more this season.
| 01/31/25 @ Sugar Creek Charter | 19 |
| 01/29/25 vs Jackson Day | 29 |
| 01/28/25 vs Valor Preparatory Academy | 32 |
| 01/18/25 vs Legion Collegiate Academy | 35 |
| 01/17/25 @ Victory Christian Center | 23 |
Misa Garris and Za'Miya Bynum were among the main playmakers for Queen's Grant as the former went 17 of 26 on her way to 42 points in addition to five assists and five steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 steals. The game was Bynum's 17th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Casey Smith, who posted seven points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Valor Preparatory Academy played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 50-25 to Piedmont Community Charter. The Owls were down 44-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Queen's Grant will have to keep a close watch on Kaizen Almanzar and Victoria Brumbles, a pair of players who had a big impact on Valor Preparatory Academy's prior game. Almanzar earned nine points, while Brumbles scored eight points. That was a full 36% of Valor Preparatory Academy's points, marking the third time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points.
Valor Preparatory Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Queen's Grant, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
This contest is shaping up to be a blowout: Queen's Grant hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.5 points per game. It's a different story for Valor Preparatory Academy, though, as they've been averaging only 24.3 points. The only thing between Queen's Grant and another offensive beatdown is Valor Preparatory Academy. Will they be able to keep them contained?
Everything came up roses for Queen's Grant against Valor Preparatory Academy in their previous meeting on Tuesday, as the team secured an 85-19 victory. In that game, Queen's Grant amassed a halftime lead of 58-13, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
