Bolton Academy is 7-2 against Northwood since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Bolton Academy Bears will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Northwood Gators at 7:00 p.m.
Bolton Academy is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Montgomery on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bolton Academy lost 58-34 to Montgomery. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Northwood earned a 38-26 victory over Merryville on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gators.
Northwood found their leader in sophomore Landon Tinsley, who had 22 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Tinsley has scored at least a third of Northwood's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jahari Mccoy, who scored ten points.
Northwood now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Bolton Academy, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Bolton Academy strolled past Northwood in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 41-25. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mccoy, who had 17 points plus four steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bolton Academy still be able to contain Mccoy? There's only one way to find out.
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