The UR Academy Lions and the Riverwalk Academy Lions will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for UR Academy and five for Riverwalk Academy.
UR Academy saw some tournament action on Friday. They fell just short of Kingdom Leadership Academy by a score of 54-52.
UR Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Jordan Miller, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds, and Gabriel Thompson, who went 8 of 19 on his way to 18 points and five steals. That was a full 34.6% of UR Academy's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayce Solomon, who put up three points and seven assists.
Meanwhile, Riverwalk Academy had to suffer through a 79-41 loss at the hands of Lake Pointe Academy. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Mariners are ranked 72nd).
Riverwalk Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for UR Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
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