A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Evangel Christian Academy Lions duke it out with the Edgewood Academy Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday... Hopefully Evangel Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Monday.
Evangel Christian Academy will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Macon-East Montgomery Academy, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Evangel Christian Academy walked away with a 39-29 win over Macon-East Montgomery Academy. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Evangel Christian Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mariah Curry, who went 5 for 10 en route to 12 points plus three steals, and Erica Burton, who scored 12 points plus three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of L'Oreal Lewis, who posted two points plus five rebounds and five steals.
Meanwhile, Edgewood Academy came tearing into last Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They secured a 35-30 W over the Cougars. The 35-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Edgewood Academy's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Lexie Smith, who went 5 for 10 en route to 15 points plus five steals. The dominant performance also gave Smith a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (67%). Avery White was another key player, scoring four points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Edgewood Academy's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.6 points per game. As for Evangel Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Evangel Christian Academy has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 38.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Edgewood Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 20.4. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Evangel Christian Academy was taken down by Edgewood Academy 56-29 in their previous meeting back in January. Can Evangel Christian Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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