Randolph-Macon Academy and Tandem Friends are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tandem Friends Badgers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Randolph-Macon Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Even though Veritas School scored an imposing 61 points on Thursday, Randolph-Macon Academy still came out on top. Randolph-Macon Academy took their matchup against Veritas School 68-61. Given Randolph-Macon Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while Veritas School is ranked 355th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Randolph-Macon Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Johnathan Doku, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Chidera George was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Tandem Friends suffered their closest loss since December 5, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Stuart Hall by a score of 44-41.
Despite the loss, Tandem Friends saw an underclassman step up: Sincere ?Sinn? Fordham scored 22 points. Fordham hasn't dropped below 18 points for three straight games.
Randolph-Macon Academy's victory bumped their record up to 18-3. As for Tandem Friends, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Randolph-Macon Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 60.7 points per game. However, it's not like Tandem Friends struggles in that department as they've been averaging 55.8 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Randolph-Macon Academy barely slipped by Tandem Friends in their previous meeting back in January, winning 57-56. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Fordham, who scored 23 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Randolph-Macon Academy still be able to contain Fordham? There's only one way to find out.
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