Academy at the Lakes and Keswick Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Academy at the Lakes Wildcats will be playing at home against the Keswick Christian Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Academy at the Lakes will bounce into Friday's game after beating Seven Rivers Christian, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. In a tight match that could have gone either way, Academy at the Lakes made off with a 44-43 victory over Seven Rivers Christian. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Tim Astapenka continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Pe?a, who posted 12 points.
Meanwhile, Keswick Christian entered their tilt with Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 52-42. The 52-point effort marked the Crusaders' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Academy at the Lakes better focus on containing Zach Bingham and Grant Cook as the pair were huge in Keswick Christian's win. Bingham went 6 of 7 on his way to 18 points, while Cook went 6 of 10 on his way to 14 points and six rebounds. Bingham's evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Richardson, who had nine points and eight rebounds.
Keswick Christian's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Academy at the Lakes, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
Academy at the Lakes was able to grind out a solid win over Keswick Christian in their previous matchup back in February, winning 70-59. Will Academy at the Lakes repeat their success, or does Keswick Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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