The Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles will head out to take on the Greater Vision Academy Lions at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy will be strutting in after a win while Greater Vision Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy played against Quality Education Academy Regional and won via forfeit.
Kaden Patterson was his usual excellent self, putting up 14 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy's points.
Greater Vision Academy is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Quality Education Academy on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Greater Vision Academy had to suffer through a 89-49 loss at the hands of Quality Education Academy. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 492nd, while the Fighting Pharaohs are ranked 78th).
Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy will need focus on slowing down Ramael Warren, one of several Greater Vision Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 29 points and ten rebounds. Warren has been hot recently, having posted eight or more boards the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradun Rogers, who went 5 of 8 en route to 15 points.
Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-14 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.6 points per game. As for Greater Vision Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy and Greater Vision Academy are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.4 points per game. However, it's not like Greater Vision Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 55.2 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Everything went Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy's way against Greater Vision Academy in their previous meeting back in January, as Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy made off with a 94-72 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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