After both having extra time off, the Spirit HomeSchool Warhawks and Legacy Academy will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Spirit HomeSchool's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Legacy Academy has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Spirit HomeSchool beat Northern Virginia HomeSchool 57-52. The Warhawks haven't had any issues with the Centurions recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Legacy Academy managed to keep up with Norfolk Collegiate until halftime two weeks ago, but things quickly went downhill from there. Legacy Academy lost 79-59 to Norfolk Collegiate. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on February 8th (58), Legacy Academy still had to take the loss.
Spirit HomeSchool will need to focus on slowing down Malik Douglas, one of several Legacy Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He en route to 19 points. Douglas is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 57% in the last three games he's played. Anderson Allen was another key player, putting up nine points.
Spirit HomeSchool's victory bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Legacy Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.
Spirit HomeSchool and Legacy Academy were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January, but Spirit HomeSchool came up empty-handed after a 65-64 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Allen, who to rack up 27 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. Now that Spirit HomeSchool knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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