Eagles cruise into region tournament with tenth straight win
The Excel Christian Academy boys’ basketball team finished off a perfect regular season run through GAPPS I-AA Region 1 Thursday night with a 94-64 win over visiting Unity Christian School of Rome.
The Eagles -- winners of ten straight -- broke open a close game in the third quarter by outscoring the Lions 27-15 in the period.
Excel led 21-19 after one quarter and 39-30 at halftime before pulling ahead 66-45 by the end of the third quarter on their way to a 30-point win.
Jakaden Barkley scored a game-high 26 points to pace Excel. Kyron McClendon posted 22 points. Jacob Taylor finished with 20. Comari Nettles contributed 11 points. KP Profit had seven. Kohl Williams chipped in three points and Kingston Eleazer added two for the Eagles.
Andre Sawyer led Unity with 18 points. Jay Davis scored 13. Johnny Whitley totaled 12 points and Jordan Wilkerson added 10 for the Lions (8-15, 4-6)
Excel Christian (16-8, 10-0) heads to its region tournament as the No. 1-seed and will receive a bye to the region semifinals. The Eagles will play next Tuesday night against the first round winner of a Monday game that will include two of the following: Lyndon Academy, Praise Academy, or Unity Christian School. Tuesday night’s semifinal will be at 7:30 p.m. at Unity.
The region finals and third place games will be next Thursday, also at Unity Christian School.
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