The Rise Academy Guardians will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Dinwiddie Generals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Rise Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 games -- so hopefully Dinwiddie likes a good challenge.
Rise Academy will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on December 9th (they won by 46) and two weeks ago they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against TPLS Christian Academy, sneaking past 80-78. 80 seems to be a good number for the Guardians as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Nathaniel Seaborn continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 30 points. Devonte Atkins was another key player, posting 19 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Dinwiddie might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Atlee an easy 69-47 victory. While losing is never fun, the Generals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Raiders are ranked eighth).
Rise Academy pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.2 points per game. As for Dinwiddie, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
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