The Hillcrest Vikings will venture away from home to challenge the PURE Academy Athletes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hillcrest has four straight wins, PURE Academy has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Saturday, Hillcrest was fully in charge, breezing past Tunica Academy 67-28.
It was another big night for Jerrell Miller, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten boards. He is becoming a predictor of Hillcrest's success: when he posts at least ten boards the team is undefeated (and 3-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Morgan, who posted 12 points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 69-31, which was the final score in PURE Academy's tilt against Christian Brothers two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Athletes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Purple Wave are ranked 40th).
Hillcrest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points per game. As for PURE Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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