A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Grace Academy Lions take on the Garinger Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Grace Academy has eight straight wins, Garinger has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Grace Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Varsity Opponent, posting a 101-60 victory. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 32 points or more this season.
Carson Payne and Evan Buslovich were among the main playmakers for Grace Academy as the former posted 37 points and three steals and the latter had 32 points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyrez Neal, who put up 12 points along with eight assists and five steals.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Grace Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now racked up at least 25 assists in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Garinger might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting East Mecklenburg an easy 70-45 win. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 484th, while the Eagles are ranked 107th).
Grace Academy pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.7 points per game. As for Garinger, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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