A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Meridian Lions face off against the Harmony Science Academy Tigers at 6:45 p.m. on Monday... Harmony Science Academy took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Meridian, who comes in off a win.
Meridian will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating NYOS Charter, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Meridian blew past NYOS Charter 54-32 on Tuesday. The Lions pushed the score to 46-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jaguars cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Harmony Science Academy came up short against Texas Empowerment Academy on Monday and fell 49-41.
Defeat or not, Harmony Science Academy got some senior leadership from Issa Well and Reese Herd. Well posted 16 points and seven blocks, while Herd put up eight points and seven assists. That was a full 39% of Harmony Science Academy's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tensae Laki, who earned six points.
Harmony Science Academy's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-5. As for Meridian, their victory bumped their record up to 4-6.
Meridian didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Harmony Science Academy in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 54-50 win. Will Meridian repeat their success, or does Harmony Science Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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