Cottage Hill Christian Academy is 3-0 against Murphy since November of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Cottage Hill Christian Academy Warriors will look to defend their home court against the Murphy Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Even though Cottage Hill Christian Academy has not done well against McGill-Toolen recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Cottage Hill Christian Academy secured a 66-60 W over McGill-Toolen. The win was just what Cottage Hill Christian Academy needed coming off of a 63-33 defeat in their prior match.
Cottage Hill Christian Academy had a senior duo take command as Clay Scofield scored 28 points along with 9 rebounds and Shadrick Toodle scored 20 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Scofield has scored at least 25% of Cottage Hill Christian Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Shadarius Toodle, who scored 4 points along with 7 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Murphy entered their tilt with St. Martin with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Murphy claimed a resounding 54-26 victory over St. Martin on the road. Given Murphy's advantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 50th in Alabama, while St. Martin is ranked 257th in Mississippi), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fairhope's victory bumped their season record to 0-0 while Cottage Hill Christian Academy's loss dropped theirs to 6-2.
Cottage Hill Christian Academy beat Murphy 66-59 in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. Will Cottage Hill Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Murphy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
