The Highland Rim Academy Highland Rim Academy will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Lighthouse Christian Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Highland Rim Academy is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game dating back to last season back in November. They took a 58-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jonathan Edwards Classical Academy. The matchup was a 30-30 toss-up at halftime, but Highland Rim Academy couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lighthouse Christian). They walked away with an 87-80 win over Jonathan Edwards Classical Academy on Monday.
Kolby Matthews continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 17 for 30 en route to 40 points plus five rebounds and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Lighthouse Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Kenneth (TJ) Gleaves Jr., who went 8 for 14 en route to 18 points plus two steals.
Lighthouse Christian has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points per game. As for Highland Rim Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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