The O'Neal School Falcons will challenge the Freedom Christian Academy Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
The O'Neal School is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Northwood Temple Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that The O'Neal School blew Northwood Temple Academy out of the water with a 69-16 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 33 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead The O'Neal School to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kennedi Hamner, who dropped a triple-double on 17 points, 12 boards, and ten steals. Hamner is becoming a predictor of The O'Neal School's success: when she posts at least ten rebounds the team is 10-2 (and 2-4 when she doesn't). Judah Sibley was another key player, going 8 for 18 en route to 20 points along with six assists and six steals.
The O'Neal School was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Freedom Christian Academy was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Village Christian Academy 58-9. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly 49 points.
Freedom Christian Academy found their leader in sophomore Allison Lett, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 19 boards. Lett is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down ten or more in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Angel West, who posted two points and eight steals.
Freedom Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.6 points per game. As for The O'Neal School, they pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
The O'Neal School came up short against Freedom Christian Academy when the teams last played last Tuesday, falling 54-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freedom Christian Academy's Zarah Lewis, who scored 16 points in addition to seven boards and five steals. Now that The O'Neal School knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
