The Rise Academy Guardians will head out to square off against the Veritas Collegiate Academy Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Rise Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Rise Academy will head into Thursday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 46) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against TPLS Christian Academy, sneaking past 80-78. 80 seems to be a good number for the Guardians as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Nathaniel Seaborn continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 30 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Devonte Atkins, who posted 19 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Veritas Collegiate Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Cristo Rey on Saturday, taking the game 81-69. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Royals are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rise Academy pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.2 points per game. As for Veritas Collegiate Academy, their record is now 8-3.
Rise Academy was dealt a bruising 103-65 loss at the hands of Veritas Collegiate Academy in their previous meeting back in February. Can Rise Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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