Providence Academy and Grace Christian Academy are an even 3-3 against one another since November of 2021, but not for long. Providence Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against the Grace Christian Academy Rams at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Providence Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 69-11 win over Berean Christian. Providence Academy has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 20 points or more this season.
Kinley Painter was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 12 steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Providence Academy's points. Kennedy Phillips was another key player, dropping a double-double on 18 points and ten boards.
Providence Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Grace Christian Academy's way against Wesleyan Christian Academy on Sunday as Grace Christian Academy made off with a 60-40 victory.
Grace Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Providence Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Providence Academy was dealt a bruising 51-16 defeat at the hands of Grace Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grace Christian Academy's Alexis Hammock, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. Now that Providence Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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