The Denver Christian Thunder will head out to take on The Academy Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Denver Christian has 11 straight wins, The Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Denver Christian beat Peak to Peak 59-50.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when The Academy duked it out with Jefferson Academy on Wednesday. The Academy had to suffer through a 49-18 loss at the hands of Jefferson Academy. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 285th, while the Jaguars are ranked 114th).
Malea Yurchak was The Academy's leading scorer, having posted five points.
Denver Christian pushed their record up to 18-1 with the victory, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points over those games. As for The Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Denver Christian was dealt a bruising 59-28 defeat at the hands of The Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2018. Can Denver Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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