The Whitesburg Christian Academy Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Tanner Rattlers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Whitesburg Christian Academy is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Whitesburg Christian Academy had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 54-42 win over the Sentinels.
Meanwhile, Tanner can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 66-34 win over Lindsay Lane Christian Academy. Given Tanner's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Lions are ranked 451st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Skylar Townsend was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Darrell Howard, who scored 12 points.
Whitesburg Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 16-11. As for Tanner, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Whitesburg Christian Academy suffered a grim 79-58 defeat to the Rattlers when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Townsend, who scored 25 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Now that Whitesburg Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
