The Sacred Heart Valkyries will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Frederick Douglass Broncos at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Sacred Heart's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten matches.
Last Saturday, Sacred Heart faced Pikeville in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Sacred Heart took down Pikeville 68-50.
Sacred Heart's success was spearheaded by the efforts of ZaKiyah Johnson, who scored 20 points along with five assists, and Angelina Pelayo, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds. Johnson has been hot recently, having posted 19 or more points the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Reagan Bender, who scored ten points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Christian Academy-Louisville scored an imposing 55 points on Friday, Frederick Douglass still came out on top. Frederick Douglass took their contest against Christian Academy-Louisville 65-55. The win made it back-to-back wins for Frederick Douglass.
Sacred Heart has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. As for Frederick Douglass, their victory bumped their record up to 18-7.
Sacred Heart was able to grind out a solid win over Frederick Douglass when the teams last played back in December of 2022, winning 60-50. Will Sacred Heart repeat their success, or does Frederick Douglass have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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