The Brooklane Baptist Eagles and the Ezekiel Academy Knights will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Brooklane Baptist will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Brooklane Baptist is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 38-22 bruising from Tabernacle on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 360th, while the Torches are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, Ezekiel Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 48-43 to Macon-East Montgomery Academy.
Brooklane Baptist will have to keep a close watch on Addi Newell and Samiya Ballard, a pair of players who had a big impact on Ezekiel Academy's prior game. Newell posted 15 points and three steals, while Ballard went 6 of 11 on her way to 14 points. Newell is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played.
Ezekiel Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-2. As for Brooklane Baptist, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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