After both having extra time off, the St. James Academy Thunder and the Heritage Christian Academy Chargers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. James Academy is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, St. James Academy lost to Saint Thomas Aquinas on the road by a 68-54 margin. While losing is never fun, the Thunder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Saints are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, everything went Heritage Christian Academy's way against Kansas City Christian School last Friday as Heritage Christian Academy made off with a 59-36 win. The Chargers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 23 points or more this season.
Heritage Christian Academy found their leader in freshman Trey Chambers, who went 7 for 12 on his way to 18 points and six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Chambers has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Declan Schoff, who posted eight points in addition to ten rebounds and three steals.
Heritage Christian Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Heritage Christian Academy and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for St. James Academy, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
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