The St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions will square off against The Academy of the Holy Cross Tartans at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Andrew's Episcopal is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Tuesday. They blew past St. John's Catholic Prep 82-52. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Lions have posted since December 20, 2023.
St. Andrew's Episcopal's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Payton Grant led the charge by going 7 for 12 en route to 20 points plus two steals. What's more, Grant also posted a 58% field goal percentage, which is the highest she's posted since back in December of 2023. Anna Beth Tsai-Turton was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
St. Andrew's Episcopal was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. John's Catholic Prep only racked up seven.
Meanwhile, The Academy of the Holy Cross hadn't done well against Archbishop Carroll recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Academy of the Holy Cross really took it to Archbishop Carroll for the full four quarters, racking up a 75-28 victory. The Tartans pushed the score to 57-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions had little chance of recovering from.
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