Africentric Early College and Walnut Ridge are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Africentric Early College Nubians will take on the Walnut Ridge Scots in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Africentric Early College's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.
On Tuesday, Africentric Early College beat Eastmoor Academy 58-47.
Meanwhile, Walnut Ridge had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They walked away with a 54-44 victory over the Bulldogs. The 54-point effort marked the Scots' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Walnut Ridge's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Africentric Early College, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-1.
Things could have been worse for Africentric Early College, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 64-45 loss to Walnut Ridge in their previous matchup back in January. Can Africentric Early College avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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