
Trojans
01/24/25 @ Christ Church Episcopal | 57 |
12/23/24 vs Berea | 48 |
01/14/25 vs Southside Christian | 42 |
01/10/25 @ Palmetto | 40 |
12/06/24 vs Southside | 38 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carolina Academy). They managed a 57-51 victory over the Christ Church Episcopal Cavaliers on Friday. For the Trojans, this counts as revenge for the 66-24 win the Cavaliers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2019.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carolina Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trinity Mangle, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. That's the most points Mangle has posted since back in December of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Janaria Taylor, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards.
Carolina Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 5.9.
Despite the loss, Christ Church Episcopal saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Saddler Fox went 6 for 7 on her way to 16 points and five steals. Those 16 points set a new season-high mark for Fox. Another player making a difference was Sophia Mahfood, who posted six points and eight steals.
Carolina Academy's record is now 3-13. As for Christ Church Episcopal, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-13.
Carolina Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Christ Church Episcopal: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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