The Central Pointe Christian Academy CPCA will square off against the Shining Star Sports Academy Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Central Pointe Christian Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 84-29 win over Jordan Christian Prep. Given the CPCA's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Seahawks are ranked 162nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Central Pointe Christian Academy can attribute much of their success to Nivia Glorioso, who posted 17 points. Glorioso is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Ashley Nunez, who put up 12 points.
Meanwhile, Shining Star Sports Academy waltzed into their matchup back in December of 2024 with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with an 83-60 victory.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Harissoum Coulibaly and Amayah Barnes. Coulibaly had a great game and went 6 of 10 en route to 20 points in addition to seven steals and five assists. Meanwhile, Barnes did her best for the losing side, putting up eight points and three steals.
Shining Star Sports Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.1 points per game. As for Central Pointe Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Central Pointe Christian Academy and Shining Star Sports Academy are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Central Pointe Christian Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 63.7 points per game. However, it's not like Shining Star Sports Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 68.4 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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