Crooms Academy is 7-2 against Taylor since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Crooms Academy Panthers face off against the Taylor Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Crooms Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.6 points per game this season.
Crooms Academy will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 45) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 68-65 victory over Geneva.
Crooms Academy found their leader in sophomore Kenai Anderson, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds. Anderson is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Julian Gill was another key player, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Crooms Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a win for Taylor just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 76-54 to Calvary Christian Academy. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Wildcats have suffered since January 22nd.
Taylor now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Crooms Academy, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Crooms Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Taylor when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 65-59 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Taylor's James Thomas, who went 7 for 14 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds and seven assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Crooms Academy still be able to contain Thomas? There's only one way to find out.
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