Simon Kenton is 0-4 against Sacred Heart since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Simon Kenton Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the Sacred Heart Valkyries at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Simon Kenton strolled past Boone County with points to spare, taking the game 54-37. Given Simon Kenton's advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while Boone County is ranked 205th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart came tearing into Sunday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by Mercy on the road to the tune of 85-40. Sacred Heart has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Sacred Heart got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was ZaKiyah Johnson out in front who scored 19 points along with eight assists and eight rebounds. Johnson hasn't dropped below 19 points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Amirah "Tootie" Jordan, who scored 16 points along with eight steals.
Simon Kenton pushed their record up to 17-7 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.9 points per game. As for Sacred Heart, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Simon Kenton suffered a grim 66-46 defeat to Sacred Heart when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who scored 21 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. Now that Simon Kenton 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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