Montgomery Bell Academy and Pope John Paul II are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Montgomery Bell Academy Big Red will venture away from home to face off against the Pope John Paul II Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Montgomery Bell Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Lipscomb Academy, who was ranked 12th at the time (Montgomery Bell Academy was ranked seventh). Montgomery Bell Academy came out on top against Lipscomb Academy by a score of 61-48 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II came tearing into Saturday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Ravens 75-60.
Montgomery Bell Academy's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.2 points per game. As for Pope John Paul II, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-2 record this season.
Montgomery Bell Academy couldn't quite finish off Pope John Paul II when the teams last played back in January of 2024 and fell 56-54. Can Montgomery Bell Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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