The SPIRE Academy SPIRE will challenge the Medina Battling Bees at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
SPIRE Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 73-72 to Example Academy National. While losing is never fun, the SPIRE can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 176th in Ohio, while the Eagles are ranked eighth in Illinois).
Meanwhile, Medina had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 46-41 W against the Panthers.
SPIRE Academy's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-7. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.7 points over those games. As for Medina, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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