Head-Royce is on a 17-game streak of home wins, while Athenian is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Head-Royce Jayhawks will take on the Athenian Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Head-Royce had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 52-39 victory over the Panthers.
Meanwhile, even though International scored an imposing 68 points on Tuesday, Athenian still came out on top. Athenian snuck past International with a 73-68 victory.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Athenian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Surya Devasenapathy, who scored 28 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Lucas, who scored 20 points.
Head-Royce's win bumped their record up to 26-4. As for Athenian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.
Head-Royce beat Athenian 71-61 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Devasenapathy, who scored 26 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Head-Royce still be able to contain Devasenapathy? There's only one way to find out.
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