Greene County has been on the road for eight straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the American Christian Academy Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Greene County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 402nd, while American Christian Academy is ranked 179th).
Last Thursday, Greene County suffered a tough 57-31 defeat at the hands of Sipsey Valley.
Despite the defeat, Greene County had strong showings from Michael Gibson, who scored 13 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals, and Ronald Wilder Jr., who scored 9 points along with 10 rebounds. Jessie Pelt was another key contributor, scoring 3 points along with 8 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Greene County were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. This was only their sixth loss (out of six games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Meanwhile, even though Hatch scored an imposing 62 points on Saturday, American Christian Academy still came out on top. American Christian Academy took their game against Hatch 70-62. The victory made it back-to-back wins for American Christian Academy.
The last time Greene County won on the road was back last Wednesday. Having now lost eight straight away matchups, they've bumped their record down to 0-9. As for American Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 7-4.
Greene County was dealt a bruising 63-24 loss at the hands of American Christian Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will Greene County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
