Africentric Early College is 8-2 against Eastmoor Academy since December of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Africentric Early College Nubians will be playing at home against the Eastmoor Academy Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Africentric Early College put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Briggs, posting a 80-48 win on the road. Given Africentric Early College's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while Briggs is ranked 606th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though Marion-Franklin scored an imposing 60 points on Tuesday, Eastmoor Academy still came out on top. Eastmoor Academy snuck past Marion-Franklin with a 65-60 victory.
Eastmoor Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Stephon Simpkins led the charge by scoring 16 points. Another player making a difference was King Moody, who scored 14 points.
Africentric Early College is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Eastmoor Academy, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-10.
Everything went Africentric Early College's way against Eastmoor Academy in their previous meeting back in January as Africentric Early College made off with a 74-52 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Simpkins, who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Africentric Early College still be able to contain Simpkins? There's only one way to find out.
