The Atlanta Jewish Academy Jaguar will face off against the Heritage Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Atlanta Jewish Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.5 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Atlanta Jewish Academy came up short against Rock Springs Christian Academy and fell 65-54. While losing is never fun, the Jaguar can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 418th, while Rock Springs Christian Academy are ranked 186th).
01/09/25 vs Rock Springs Christian Academy | 15 |
01/11/24 @ Atlanta Area School for the Deaf | 13 |
01/16/24 @ Atlanta International | 12 |
11/21/24 vs Fulton Science Academy | 12 |
01/13/24 vs Varsity Opponent | 8 |
Atlanta Jewish Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Aryeh Cohen, who posted 15 points, and Yaakov Spaner, who put up 18 points. The dominant performance gave Cohen a new career-high in points. Ari Shapiro was another key player, putting up eight points.
Meanwhile, Heritage had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bobcats 81-32. With the Hawks ahead 53-10 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Heritage's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points per game. As for Atlanta Jewish Academy, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season.
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