Archimedean will venture away from home to square off against the Westminster Christian Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Archimedean is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Sunset last Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Archimedean was dealt a 78-48 defeat at the hands of Sunset. Archimedean was down 65-33 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Westminster Christian waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They took their match with ease, bagging a 77-23 victory over the Bulldogs. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 548th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Archimedean better focus on containing Julian Crespo and Cooper Whitby as the pair were huge in Westminster Christian's win. Crespo went 6 for 9 on his way to 22 points, while Whitby went 6 of 13 en route to 17 points and four steals. Crespo's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dwight Whipple, who went 5 of 11 en route to 11 points and three steals.
Westminster Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.5 points per game. As for Archimedean, they dropped their record down to 1-9 with the loss, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Archimedean was dealt a bruising 83-31 defeat at the hands of Westminster Christian when the teams last played back in November of 2014. Can Archimedean avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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