The Lausanne Collegiate Lynx will take on the Power Center Academy Knights in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While Lausanne Collegiate didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They secured a 58-52 W over St. Benedict at Auburndale on Friday. Given the Lynx's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Eagles are ranked 301st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lausanne Collegiate to victory, but perhaps none more so than Yusuf Sharif, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine boards. Patrick Thompson was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Power Center Academy). They claimed a resounding 94-26 victory over Memphis School of Excellence Winchester. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 41 points or more this season.
Lausanne Collegiate is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.5 points per game. As for Power Center Academy, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Lausanne Collegiate strolled past Power Center Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2018 by a score of 67-53. Will Lausanne Collegiate repeat their success, or does Power Center Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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