Academy for College and Career Exploration will take on the Centennial Knights in a tournament on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Academy for College and Career Exploration is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Carver Vo-Tech just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Thursday. They were dealt a 60-20 defeat at the hands of the Bears. The loss was Academy for College and Career Exploration's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Centennial had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Braves out 2-0. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 143rd in Georgia, while the Braves are ranked 312th in North Carolina), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Centennial is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.8 points per game. As for Academy for College and Career Exploration, their loss dropped their record down to 3-1.
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