The Cottage Cougars waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with eight straight wins but they left with nine. They took down Atlanta Jewish Academy 34-20. For Cottage, this counts as revenge for the 37-26 defeat Atlanta Jewish Academy walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2021.
Cottage's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Grace Workman, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 steals. Workman is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed four or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Briggs, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.
Cottage is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Atlanta Jewish Academy, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.
Cottage will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Howard at 4:00 p.m. on February 8th. Howard's defense has only allowed 24.5 points per game this season, so Cottage's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Atlanta Jewish Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Harvester Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Atlanta Jewish Academy is coming into the matchup with six straight defeats at home, meaning Harvester Christian Academy will have to defend against a squad hungry for a win.
