The Elite Scholars Academy Royal Knights and the Heathwood Hall Episcopal Highlanders will compete for holiday cheer at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Elite Scholars Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.8 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Elite Scholars Academy ended up a good deal behind Providence Christian Academy and lost 70-51. While losing is never fun, the Royal Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 447th, while the Storm are ranked 94th).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Jordan Miller, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 11 points. He is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerel Clark, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Heathwood Hall Episcopal unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 62-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pinewood Prep.
Elite Scholars Academy will have to contain Kamauri Hunter as he made an impact in Heathwood Hall Episcopal's last game. He went 7 of 15 on his way to 19 points and seven rebounds. With that strong performance, Hunter is now averaging an impressive 15.3 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Henry Morris, who posted ten points in addition to eight boards and three blocks.
Heathwood Hall Episcopal's defeat dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Elite Scholars Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Elite Scholars Academy has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 32.8 boards per game. However, it's not like Heathwood Hall Episcopal struggles in that department as they've been averaging 29.6 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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