Newton County Academy hasn't had much luck against Sylva Bay Academy recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Newton County Academy Generals will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Sylva Bay Academy Saints at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Newton County Academy will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up 29 points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Laurel Christian on Friday. Newton County Academy snuck past Laurel Christian with a 55-51 victory.
Meanwhile, Sylva Bay Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 30-21 win over the Red Devils.
Sylva Bay Academy's win came from a few key players Newton County Academy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kaden Jones, who posted six points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. Those three blocks gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Boyd, who had ten points along with five boards and five steals.
Sylva Bay Academy is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Newton County Academy, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Newton County Academy was taken down by Sylva Bay Academy 43-16 in their previous matchup back in January. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Newton County Academy was down 32-3.
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