It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Leadership Academy Falcons can now relate to. The contest between them and the Cardinals wasn't particularly close, with the Falcons falling 64-47. While losing is never fun, Leadership Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 297th, while Union Academy is ranked 119th).
Several Falcons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Brooke Swigert, who scored 11 points along with four steals. Emmy Guldberg was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Union Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ranon Suttle, who scored 18 points along with six rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Thompson, who scored 18 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Leadership Academy and nudges their season record down to 15-9. As for Union Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Leadership Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Union Academy, they will head out on the road to challenge Albemarle at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Albemarle will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Union Academy surely won't give up without a fight.
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