Basketball Game Preview: Hills Academy Knights vs. HALO Wolfpack

Two dominant guards in Tynor Parker and Trenton Grissom are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Hills Academy Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the HALO Wolfpack at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Hills Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Community Christian to the tune of 81-45 on Tuesday. The win was familiar territory for Hills Academy who have now won four games in a row.

Hills Academy relied on the efforts of Parker, who posted 32 points, and Adrian Campbell, who had 25 points. Parker's afternoon made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Amir Ali was another key player, putting up six points.

Meanwhile, HALO won against New Creation Christian Academy back in November with 72 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. HALO claimed a resounding 72-42 victory over Providence Classical Christian. With the Wolfpack ahead 46-20 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Hills Academy better keep an eye on Grissom. He was instrumental in HALO's win, going 13 of 22 on his way to 31 points along with eight boards and four steals. Grissom is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 22 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenneth Haynes, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 boards.

Hills Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for HALO, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-6.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Hills Academy and HALO are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Hills Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 58.9 points per game. However, it's not like HALO struggles in that department as they've been averaging 63.5 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.