The Morgan Academy Senators scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Friday. They blew past Southern Academy 68-39 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Morgan Academy.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morgan Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than CJ Christopher Williams, who scored 20 points along with six assists and four steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Williams has scored at least 25% of Morgan Academy's points. Milton Hand was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Morgan Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for Southern Academy, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
Morgan Academy won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Bessemer Academy at 5:00 p.m. on January 6th. One thing working in Bessemer Academy's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. As for Southern Academy, they will be playing at home against Sparta Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Sparta Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Saturday.
