The Holy Spirit Prep Cougars will challenge the Heritage Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Holy Spirit Prep has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Heritage will arrive with eight straight wins.
Last Thursday, Holy Spirit Prep had to suffer through a 81-34 loss at the hands of Furtah Prep. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 515th, while the Falcons are ranked 127th).
Meanwhile, Heritage took their game on Monday with ease, bagging a 75-40 victory over Galloway. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 34 points or more this season.
Holy Spirit Prep better focus on containing Makari Townsend and Barron Ofosu-Kwarteng as the pair were huge in Heritage's win. Townsend dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Ofosu-Kwarteng almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine assists. The dominant performance gave Townsend a new career-high in boards. Another player making a difference was Sam Mead, who went 6 of 13 en route to 14 points.
Heritage smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. They are 4-1 when they hit their own glass that hard.
Heritage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.9 points per game. As for Holy Spirit Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Holy Spirit Prep was dealt a bruising 84-29 loss at the hands of Heritage when the teams last played back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mead, who went 11 for 17 on his way to 23 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Now that Holy Spirit Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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