The Ida Crown Jewish Academy Aces waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They secured a 44-40 W over Non Varsity Opponent. That's another feather in the cap for Ida Crown Jewish Academy, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Ida Crown Jewish Academy's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ilana Schwartz, who scored 22 points. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Schwartz has scored at least a third of Ida Crown Jewish Academy's points. Jordana Zwelling was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Ida Crown Jewish Academy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Non Varsity Opponent, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 87-141.
Ida Crown Jewish Academy will head out on the road to take on Providence-St. Mel at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Providence-St. Mel comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 23 points in their last six games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse. Non Varsity Opponent won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Denver Waldorf at 5:00 p.m. on January 17th. Hopefully Denver Waldorf focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 last Thursday.
