The Achievement First Providence Falcons will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against the Hope Blue Wave on Thursday. Achievement First Providence has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Hope will come in with four straight victories.
Achievement First Providence is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Lincoln School on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Achievement First Providence was dealt a 63-23 defeat at the hands of Lincoln School. The Falcons were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-9.
Meanwhile, Hope won against Paul Cuffee on Tuesday with 71 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. Hope simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy 71-12. That's two games straight that the Blue Wave have won by exactly 59 points.
Hope found their leader in sophomore Jorday Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 17 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Johnson has scored at least a third of Hope's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aniyah Brito, who posted 12 points and six steals.
Hope pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Achievement First Providence, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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