The Evergreen Christian Eagles will challenge the New Hope Academy National Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
On Thursday, Evergreen Christian ended up a good deal behind Clinton Grace Christian and lost 58-44. Evergreen Christian has struggled against Clinton Grace Christian recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, New Hope Academy National was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 74-69 heartbreaker at the hands of The Carmel School. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Evergreen Christian will have to contain Haki Muhammed II as he made an impact in New Hope Academy National's last game. He went 11 for 25 on his way to 32 points. That was a full 46.4% of New Hope Academy National's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Uriah Augare-Deal was another key player, putting up nine points and five rebounds.
New Hope Academy National's defeat dropped their record down to 14-16. As for Evergreen Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 18-11.
Evergreen Christian was able to grind out a solid win over New Hope Academy National when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 64-57. Will Evergreen Christian repeat their success, or does New Hope Academy National have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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