Briarwood Academy is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Edmund Burke Academy is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Briarwood Academy Buccaneers will welcome the Edmund Burke Academy Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Briarwood Academy beats Edmund Burke Academy with 63 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Briarwood Academy claimed a resounding 63-3 win over Monsignor Donovan Catholic. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Rams are ranked 538th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Edmund Burke Academy). They blew past Westminster Christian Academy, posting a 70-30 victory.
Briarwood Academy is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.0 points per game. As for Edmund Burke Academy, their win bumped their record up to 18-3.
Briarwood Academy suffered a grim 51-25 defeat to Edmund Burke Academy in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Edmund Burke Academy's Leila Eastmead, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten steals. Now that Briarwood Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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