The Augusta Prep Cavaliers will take on the Heritage Hawks at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Augusta Prep will be strutting in after a win while Heritage will be coming in after a loss.
Augusta Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top against Southwest Georgia Academy by a score of 53-42.
Augusta Prep can attribute much of their success to Austin Luke, who posted 23 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Jackson, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, Heritage unfortunately witnessed the end of their 14-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 48-42 to Furtah Prep.
Despite the defeat, Heritage saw an underclassman step up: freshman MaKari Townsend went 7-for-13 on his way to 17 points. Another player making a difference was Coleman Hellgeth, who put up ten points and eight boards.
Augusta Prep pushed their record up to 14-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.4 points over those games. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 23-5.
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