The Wake Prep Academy Guardians will take on the East Wake Academy Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wake Prep Academy has 15 straight victories, East Wake Academy has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Wednesday, Wake Prep Academy beat Research Triangle 73-62. Given the Guardians' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 190th, while the Raptors are ranked 619th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-26, which was the final score in East Wake Academy's tilt against Wake Prep Academy on Monday. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Wake Prep Academy pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.6 points per game. As for East Wake Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything came up roses for Wake Prep Academy against East Wake Academy when the teams last played on Monday, as the team secured a 60-26 victory. Does Wake Prep Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Wake Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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