The Abbeville Christian Academy Generals and the Valiant Cross Academy Warriors will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Valiant Cross Academy is facing Abbeville Christian Academy at the wrong time: Abbeville Christian Academy suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 68-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Generals still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Abbeville Christian Academy got top-tier performance from Jayden Buckhannon, who scored 32 points along with six rebounds and five assists. The dominant performance also gave Buckhannon a new career-high in threes (six). Another player making a difference was Riddge Crawford, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
Even though they lost, Abbeville Christian Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 31 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Valiant Cross Academy against Quitman County on Monday as the squad secured a 74-42 victory. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly 32 points.
Deshawn Hall and Jersey Farbes were among the main playmakers for Valiant Cross Academy as the former dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds and the latter went 6 for 12 en route to 17 points plus five assists and three steals. Hall has been hot for a while, having posted 11 or more rebounds the last 27 times he's played. Letwan Hall Jr was another key player, scoring eight points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
The win made it two in a row for Valiant Cross Academy and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Abbeville Christian Academy, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
Everything went Abbeville Christian Academy's way against Valiant Cross Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Abbeville Christian Academy made off with a 74-50 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hall, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Abbeville Christian Academy still be able to contain Hall? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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