The Greensboro Day School Bengals will take on the Trinity Academy Tigers at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Trinity Academy will be up against a hot Greensboro Day School team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Greensboro Day School enjoyed a cozy 65-48 victory over High Point Christian Academy on Friday. Given the Bengals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Cougars are ranked 51st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Trinity Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They were the clear victor by an 80-58 margin over the Crusaders. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 22 points or more this season.
Greensboro Day School pushed their record up to 28-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points over those games. As for Trinity Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
Greensboro Day School didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Trinity Academy when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 68-62 victory. Will Greensboro Day School repeat their success, or does Trinity Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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