King's Academy is 0-5 against the Cougars since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The King's Academy Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Grace Community Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, King's Academy was beaten by the Yellowjackets 67-38.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Everett Hollis, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and three blocks. Another player making a difference was Evan Hellwig, who scored six points along with three steals.
King's Academy struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Grace Community had to settle for a 44-41 loss against the Falcons on Tuesday.
King's Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-18. As for Grace Community, they dropped their record down to 17-13 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
King's Academy was dealt a bruising 74-23 defeat at the hands of the Cougars in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point King's Academy was down 37-13.
