Pace Academy hasn't had much luck against Wesleyan recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The two teams will compete for holiday cheer at 1:30 p.m.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Pace Academy and Westminster, and Westminster kept the tradition alive. The Knights fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 36-34 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 126th).
Pace Academy might have lost, but man, Lawson Monroe was a machine: she shot 78% from the field to rack up 19 points along with six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Britton McGurn, who posted three points in addition to five assists and five steals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wesleyan). They really took it to The Weber School for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-31 victory. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolves had established a 27-point advantage.
Wesleyan's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-6. As for Pace Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Pace Academy was taken down by Wesleyan 64-21 when the teams last played back in November of 2018. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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