The John F. Kennedy Fighting Eagles will face off against the Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings at 7:00 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.
John F. Kennedy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Bard Early College 77-14 on Friday. With the Fighting Eagles ahead 44-14 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Precious Williams continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 12 for 23 on her way to 26 points and five boards. That makes it seven consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of John F. Kennedy's points. Another player making a difference was Aniya Love, who made all 5 shots she took to post 12 points.
John F. Kennedy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Villa Angela-St. Joseph earned a 57-47 win over John Hay on Thursday.
John F. Kennedy has also been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Villa Angela-St. Joseph, their victory bumped their record up to 10-8.
John F. Kennedy was taken down by Villa Angela-St. Joseph 80-43 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Villa Angela-St. Joseph's Elizabeth Dunmire, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 16 rebounds. Now that John F. Kennedy 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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