Colleton Prep Academy lost against Andrew Jackson Academy back in November and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Colleton Prep Academy War Hawks took a 78-64 bruising from the Andrew Jackson Academy Warriors. The War Hawks were down 63-43 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the loss, Colleton Prep Academy still got an impressive performance from Mateo Castillo, who posted 34 points. That was a full 53.1% of Colleton Prep Academy's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Colin Hiers, who put up 11 points.
Andrew Jackson Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Gage Dicks led the charge by going 10 for 21 on his way to 22 points in addition to six assists and four steals. Dicks has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden McClung, who went 8 for 13 on his way to 18 points and seven assists.
Colleton Prep Academy now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Andrew Jackson Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2.
Colleton Prep Academy will venture away from home to challenge Thomas Sumter Academy at 7:15 p.m. on December 20th. Colleton Prep Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.6 points per game this season. As for Andrew Jackson Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 95-72 victory against Patrick Henry Academy on the 14th.
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