The Native American Community Academy/Evangel Christian Academy Eagles will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Navajo Pine Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Native American Community Academy/Evangel Christian Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 62 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against McCurdy on Saturday. They were outmatched by the Bobcats on the road and fell 60-21.
Meanwhile, Navajo Pine didn't have quite enough to beat Grady on Saturday and fell 45-43.
Despite the defeat, Navajo Pine had strong showings from Riley Dawes, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds, and Mikayla Baker, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds.
Even though they lost, Navajo Pine smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.
Native American Community Academy/Evangel Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Navajo Pine, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
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