Four Corners hasn't had much luck against Hope Academy recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Four Corners Coyotes will welcome the Hope Academy Trojan Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Four Corners is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
Four Corners is headed into Wednesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game back in December of 2024. They took a 57-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Melbourne Central Catholic.
Loss or not, Four Corners got some senior leadership from Samir Dudley and Keshav Harpal. Dudley posted 16 points, while Harpal put up 13 points. Another player making a difference was Jayden Minor, who had six points.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hope Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They walked away with an 85-78 win over Southland Christian on Tuesday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Trojan Tigers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 197th, while the FLAMES are ranked 43rd).
Hope Academy found their leader in sophomore Dwayne Foreman III, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 34 points and five assists. That makes it three consecutive games in which Foreman III has scored at least a third of Hope Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nehemiah Rapael, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 18 points and eight rebounds.
Hope Academy's win bumped their record up to 12-4. As for Four Corners, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Four Corners was taken down by Hope Academy 100-38 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hope Academy's Willie Griggs, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 20 rebounds. Now that Four Corners knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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