The Pace Academy Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Creekside Seminoles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pace Academy will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against M.L. King on Friday. Pace Academy blew past M.L. King 78-22. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Lions are ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Creekside put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Midtown, posting a 66-38 victory.
Pace Academy better keep an eye on C?India Dennis. She was instrumental in Creekside's win, dropping a double-double on 28 points and 11 steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Dennis has scored at least a third of Creekside's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydnee Hunter, who posted ten points and three steals.
Creekside smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in seven consecutive contests.
Creekside pushed their record up to 21-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.1 points. As for Pace Academy, their record now sits at 10-6.
Pace Academy took a serious blow against Creekside in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 79-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dennis, who went 14 of 24 on her way to 33 points and eight rebounds. Now that Pace Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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