The Notre Dame Academy Irish Wolfhounds and the Valley Rams will face off at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Notre Dame Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Tuscaloosa Academy on Friday. Notre Dame Academy fell just short of Tuscaloosa Academy by a score of 59-57. The Irish Wolfhounds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
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Despite the defeat, Notre Dame Academy got top-tier performance from Ki?Andrey Thomas, who went 9 of 17 en route to 25 points and six rebounds. Thomas is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 13 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Geronimo Holmes, who posted 12 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 41-38 heartbreaker at the hands of Deerfield-Windsor. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 303rd in Alabama, while the Knights are ranked 27th in Georgia).
Notre Dame Academy will have to contain Galvin Goss as he made an impact in Valley's last game. He went 5 of 10 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Goss a new career-high in assists (four). Azerion Jennings was another key player, putting up nine points.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Notre Dame Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Notre Dame Academy has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 33.4 boards per game. However, it's not like Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 29.8 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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