The Wings Academy Wings are taking a road trip to face off against the Eagle Academy Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wings Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They strolled past Truman with points to spare, taking the game 64-50. The Wings pushed the score to 53-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Rushawn Greene
| 02/11/25 vs Truman | 15 |
| 02/05/25 vs Stevenson | 30 |
| 02/03/25 @ Monroe Campus | 19 |
Wings Academy's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Rushawn Greene, who went 7-for-15 on his way to 15 points in addition to eight assists and six rebounds. The game was Greene's third in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Deshawn Carnegie Jr, who went 6-for-12 en route to 16 points and seven boards.
Meanwhile, Eagle Academy entered their tilt with Bronx High School of Science on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wolverines 92-60. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Wolverines are ranked 191st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Wings Academy and bumps their season record up to 12-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.5 points over those games. As for Eagle Academy, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Wings Academy suffered a grim 69-45 defeat to Eagle Academy in their previous meeting back in January. Can Wings Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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