Mountain Empire lost against Coastal Academy back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Mountain Empire Redhawks fell to the Coastal Academy Stingrays 34-29.
Carli McGhee and Bibi Caceres certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. McGhee posted 13 points, while Caceres had ten points. That was a full 44.8% of Mountain Empire's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points.
Coastal Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Heiress Afalava led the charge by dropping a double-double with 14 points and ten boards. Afalava is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last eight games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rachel Garland, who went 5-for-8 en route to 13 points.
Mountain Empire's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Coastal Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Looking ahead, Mountain Empire will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Foothills Christian at 5:30 p.m. As for Coastal Academy, they will welcome Guajome Park Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Coastal Academy is facing Guajome Park Academy at the right time seeing as Guajome Park Academy is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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