The Blessed Trinity Titans and the Collins Hill Eagles will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Saturday, Blessed Trinity was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 37-33 to Providence Christian Academy.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Collins Hill). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging an 81-23 victory over Mountain View. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Bears are ranked 438th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blessed Trinity better keep an eye on Kaleigh Heywood. She was instrumental in Collins Hill's win, going 13-for-23 en route to 34 points along with five assists and five boards. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Heywood has scored at least a third of the Eagles' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sa'Nya Jones, who shot 67% from the field to rack up 14 points and five rebounds.
Collins Hill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in three consecutive games.
Blessed Trinity's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Collins Hill, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
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