Having just played yesterday, the Cedar Creek Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Akins Eagles at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cedar Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully Akins likes a good challenge.
Cedar Creek is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Elgin just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 77-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (66), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Cedar Creek's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kenji Franklin, who almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds, and Phineas Koplin, who went 10 for 18 en route to 28 points plus five rebounds. The game was Franklin's 13th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Meyers, who scored seven points.
Even though they lost, Cedar Creek was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Akins didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against King on Saturday, but they still walked away with a 44-40 victory.
Akins has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Cedar Creek, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-5.
Cedar Creek strolled past Akins when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a score of 66-49. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cedar Creek 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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