New Garden Friends and Caldwell Academy are an even 3-3 against one another since November of 2014, but not for long. The New Garden Friends Bears will be playing at home against the Caldwell Academy Caldwell Academy at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
New Garden Friends is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Thales Academy Rolesville: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that New Garden Friends blew Thales Academy Rolesville out of the water with a 68-28 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 31 point advantage.
New Garden Friends found their leader in sophomore Kingston Clifton, who earned 29 points plus six rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Clifton a new career-high in threes (five). Curtis Russell was another key player, scoring seven points in addition to seven steals and six assists.
Meanwhile, Caldwell Academy came up short against Christ School on Saturday and fell 70-60. The match marked Caldwell Academy's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Caldwell Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for New Garden Friends, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
New Garden Friends was taken down by Caldwell Academy 82-44 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Will New Garden Friends have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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