The Riverwalk Academy Lions and the UR Academy Lions will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Riverwalk Academy and three for UR Academy.
Riverwalk Academy saw some tournament action on Friday. They took a blow against Lake Pointe Academy, falling 79-41. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Mariners are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, UR Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Kingdom Leadership Academy on Friday and fell 54-52.
Riverwalk Academy will have to keep a close watch on Jordan Miller and Gabriel Thompson, a pair of players who had a big impact on UR Academy's prior game. Miller almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds, while Thompson went 8 of 19 on his way to 18 points and five steals. That was a full 34.6% of UR Academy's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayce Solomon, who had three points and seven assists.
Riverwalk Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for UR Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
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