Harvest Prep Academy is 0-3 against Southwest Leadership Academy since December of 2020 but things could change on Thursday. The Harvest Prep Academy Eagle will host the Southwest Leadership Academy Rams at 6:00 p.m. Harvest Prep Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Harvest Prep Academy is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Western SciTech: they outscored them in every quarter. Harvest Prep Academy strolled past Western SciTech with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 50-32.
Harvest Prep Academy found their leader in sophomore KJ Legette, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 boards. That makes it five consecutive games in which Legette has scored at least a third of Harvest Prep Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Lashawn Barron, who posted 13 points and five rebounds.
Harvest Prep Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January of 2024.
Meanwhile, Southwest Leadership Academy came tearing into Tuesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their game with ease, bagging a 67-40 victory over the Rams. Given Southwest Leadership Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while Canyon State Academy is ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southwest Leadership Academy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.2 points per game. As for Harvest Prep Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7.
Harvest Prep Academy was dealt a bruising 83-18 loss at the hands of Southwest Leadership Academy in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwest Leadership Academy's Ayden Gonzales, who went 11 for 18 en route to 24 points in addition to five assists and five steals. Now that Harvest Prep Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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