Basketball Recap: Horse Creek Academy Comes Up Short

Horse Creek Academy lost against North back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Horse Creek Academy Stallions had to suffer through a 94-66 loss at the hands of the North Eagles. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (59), the Stallions still had to take the loss.

Kingston Hightower

Points

02/07/25 @ North	17
02/04/25 @ Wagener-Salley	15
02/01/25 @ Augusta Prep Day	17
01/31/25 vs Williston-Elko	20

Several Stallions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kingston Hightower, who posted 17 points. Hightower's morning made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. RJ Patrick was another key player, putting up 17 points.

Stetson Stacks was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 22 points and ten boards for North. Stacks has been hot for a while, having posted 15 or more points the last 21 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jasiah Jackson, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 16 points and six steals.

Horse Creek Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season. As for North, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 16-9.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Horse Creek Academy will host Ridge Spring-Monetta at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Horse Creek Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. As for North, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Wagener-Salley at 7:30 p.m. North is facing Wagener-Salley at the right time seeing as Wagener-Salley is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.