The Avella Eagles and Hillel Academy will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Avella is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Nazareth Prep 80-42 on Thursday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Eagles' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 363rd, while the Saints are ranked 148th).
Meanwhile, Hillel Academy came into Tuesday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 51-40 victory over Environmental Charter on Tuesday.
Avella better focus on containing Yaakov Kaminsky and Coby Shaw as the pair were huge in Hillel Academy's win. Kaminsky posted 20 points, while Shaw put up 17 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Kaminsky has scored at least a third of Hillel Academy's points.
Avella is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for Hillel Academy, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-3.
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