The Cape Cod Academy Seahawks will square off against the Barnstable Red Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cape Cod Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sturgis West 75-38 on Wednesday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-11.
Cape Cod Academy can attribute much of their success to Harrison Lauf, who went 7 of 13 en route to 23 points, and Mike Berry, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Jatczak, who posted six points and three steals.
Cape Cod Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Barnstable had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 61-46 victory over the Sharks.
Barnstable pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.7 points per game. As for Cape Cod Academy, their victory ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-3.
Cape Cod Academy came up short against Barnstable in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 67-63. Will Cape Cod Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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