The Pathways Eagles will take on the Hope Academy Trojan Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pathways knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Hope Academy likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Pathways beat Life Christian Academy 61-50. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Eagles' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 307th, while the Lions are ranked 124th).
Pathways can attribute much of their success to Tidiane Diop, who posted 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Prabjot Singh, who put up 11 points.
Meanwhile, Hope Academy was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 73-72 to South Lake. The defeat continues a trend for the Trojan Tigers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.
Pathways is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Hope Academy, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6.
Pathways couldn't quite finish off Hope Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023 and fell 55-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hope Academy's Dwayne Foreman III, who scored 22 points in addition to six assists and six rebounds. Now that Pathways knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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