The Trinity Presbyterian Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Montgomery Academy Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Alabama Christian Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Trinity Presbyterian proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 62-51 victory over the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Montgomery Academy entered their tilt with Alabama Christian Academy with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Montgomery Academy took down Alabama Christian Academy 64-46 on Tuesday. Given Montgomery Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while Alabama Christian Academy is ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Seth Edwards, who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Skyler Stovall, who scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Trinity Presbyterian is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Montgomery Academy, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-6.
Trinity Presbyterian came up short against Montgomery Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 56-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stovall, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Trinity Presbyterian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
