Veritas Christian Academy will take on the Calvary Academy Warrior at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Veritas Christian Academy is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Veritas Christian Academy will bounce into Friday's game after beating Morristown-Beard, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Veritas Christian Academy took down Morristown-Beard 61-42 on Saturday. Given Veritas Christian Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while Morristown-Beard is ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
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Veritas Christian Academy found their leader in sophomore Madelyn Seifert, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards. Seifert has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 16 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Amya Cuddon, who posted 20 points along with six assists and six rebounds.
Veritas Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Calvary Academy hadn't done well against King's Christian recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Calvary Academy walked away with a 33-26 victory over King's Christian. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warrior.
Calvary Academy's win came from a few key players Veritas Christian Academy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Made Leppard, who went 7 for 14 on her way to 16 points and five boards. That makes it 12 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Calvary Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoe Troy, who put up six points and 11 rebounds.
Veritas Christian Academy pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Calvary Academy, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 3-9.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Veritas Christian Academy has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 32.9 boards per game. However, it's not like Calvary Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 33.8 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
