The Legacy Early College Lions are ranked highly in their home state, and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Example Academy National Eagles. Legacy Early College took down Example Academy National 66-52. The win was familiar territory for Legacy Early College who now have three in a row.
Legacy Early College had a senior duo take command as Mela Hollaway scored 17 points and Jaida Cameron scored ten points along with two steals. Hollaway has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of India Smith, who scored six points along with two steals.
Legacy Early College pushed their record up to 19-8 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.6 points per game. As for Example Academy National, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Legacy Early College will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Oak City Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Example Academy National, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 69-65 win vs. Mt. Zion Prep Academy on the 17th.
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