The Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech Griffins and the Lawrence Academy Warriors will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech is looking for their season's first win.
Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Northside - Pinetown on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech had to suffer through a 75-23 loss at the hands of Northside - Pinetown. The Griffins were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-12.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lawrence Academy). They blew past Northeast Academy 82-40 on Tuesday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Warriors had established a 20 point advantage.
Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech better keep an eye on Nike Wiggins. He was instrumental in Lawrence Academy's win, going 6 of 9 from beyond the arc en route to 40 points along with six rebounds and three steals. The contest was Wiggins' fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Hoggard, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 14 points in addition to eight boards and three steals.
Lawrence Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Lawrence Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.5 points per game. As for Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech took a serious blow against Lawrence Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 71-27. Can Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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