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Academy at Palumbo Central

Griffin

Lancers

The Central (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Academy at Palumbo (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 50-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Academy at Palumbo	-	-	-	-	48
Central	-	-	-	-	50

Final score provided by J. Crawford.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Central (24-25)

Academy at Palumbo

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	48
1	Taj Medley (Jr)	1
3	Matthew Brown (Sr)	29
4	Julius Pommells (Jr)	9
20	William Garwood (Sr)	7
23	Zayd Brown (Sr)	2

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	17	51	33	36
1	C. Brown (Sr)	10	4	12	33	38
2	August Russell (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
3	Levi Nathanson (So)	1	0	1	0	0
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	21	7	16	44	47
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	9	3	11	27	32
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Israel Purnell (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
35	Marlow Rockhill (Fr)	2

Academy at Palumbo

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	48
1	Taj Medley (Jr)	1
3	Matthew Brown (Sr)	29
4	Julius Pommells (Jr)	9
20	William Garwood (Sr)	7
23	Zayd Brown (Sr)	2

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	3	16	19	13	21	62	14	35	40
1	C. Brown (Sr)	10	1	5	20	1	4	25	3	7	43
2	August Russell (Sr)	2							1	1	100
3	Levi Nathanson (So)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	21	1	4	25	6	8	75	6	12	50
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	9	1	6	17	2	3	67	2	5	40
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
15	Israel Purnell (Fr)	0							0	1	0
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	7	29
35	Marlow Rockhill (Fr)	2				2	2	100

Academy at Palumbo

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	48
1	Taj Medley (Jr)	1
3	Matthew Brown (Sr)	29
4	Julius Pommells (Jr)	9
20	William Garwood (Sr)	7
23	Zayd Brown (Sr)	2

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	50	13	33	46	10	12	7
1	C. Brown (Sr)	10	1	6	7	4	2
2	August Russell (Sr)	2	1	2	3	2	3
3	Levi Nathanson (So)	1				1
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	21	3	4	7	2	4	1
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	9	5	4	9		1
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	0		2	2	1	1
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	5	3	9	12		1	5
35	Marlow Rockhill (Fr)	2		6	6			1

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Central holds off Academy at Palumbo

January 14, 2025: Philadelphia, PA 19141

In Tuesday's league contest, the host Central Lancers basketball team scored a close 50-48 triumph over the Academy at Palumbo Griffin.

The Lancers (3-8) will now prepare for their contest against String Theory (Philadelphia, PA). The go into the Philadelphia Public - Liberty contest with a 1-12 record. In their last contest, String Theory was tipped by Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, PA), 67-37, in a league contest.

In their next game, the Griffin battle the Community Academy of Philadelphia The Bruins (Philadelphia, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 15. Academy at Palumbo will attempt to improve on its 3-7 season record. The The Bruins come into the challenge with a 1-2 record after their 43-38 league loss to Kimberton Waldorf (Kimberton, PA).

Players of the Game

Academy at Palumbo (24-25)

Academy at Palumbo has not selected any Players of the Game.

Central (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Christopher Brown for being selected the Central Basketball Player of the Game.

AAP @ Central Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 14, 2025 @ 3:15p

Central High School - Philadelphia

The Central (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Academy at Palumbo (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 50-48.

Rankings & Records

Academy at Palumbo (24-25)

PA	Class
551	107

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-11	2-9	5-7	3-4	.421	.182	976	960

Central (24-25)

PA	Class
580	126

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-15	2-9	3-6	1-9	1-0	.250	.182	864	1,072

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Academy at Palumbo	11.9	8.5	14.0	15.3	8.5	51.4
Central	11.3	10.8	8.3	15.0	-	43.2

Team Stat Comparison

Academy at Palumbo		Central
44.4	Points Per Game	42.1
1.1	Rebounds Per Game	27.2
-	Assists Per Game	7.8
0.5	Steals Per Game	6.0
-	Blocks Per Game	4.1

Team Leaders

Academy at Palumbo		Central	National Avg.
#3 Matthew Brown16.9	Points Per Game	#4 Yamir Knight-Parker17.4	4.9
Hayden Hamilton0.7	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Christopher Brown6.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Yamir Knight-Parker2.6	1.0
#3 Matthew Brown0.3	Steals Per Game	#4 Yamir Knight-Parker2.2	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 Carl Bien-Aime1.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Academy at Palumbo	4-9		Central	2-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Benjamin Franklin	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 76-45	1/21/25	Central	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 57-45
12/6/24	Maritime Academy Charter	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 47-27	12/9/24	Central	Maritime Academy Charter	(L) 51-46
12/10/24	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia Performing Arts	(W) 73-42	1/16/25	Philadelphia Performing Arts	Central	(L) 44-42
12/10/24	Academy at Palumbo	String Theory	(W) 71-43	1/16/25	String Theory	Central	(L) 44-42
12/12/24	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 49-46	12/3/24	Central	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	(L) 64-61
12/17/24	Simon Gratz	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 36-33	1/9/25	Central	Simon Gratz	(L) 68-32
12/19/24	Northeast	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 62-52	12/5/24	Central	Northeast	(L) 66-39
1/9/25	John Bartram	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 63-46	1/28/25	John Bartram	Central	(L) 54-43
1/16/25	George Washington	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 57-49	1/23/25	George Washington	Central	(L) 53-48
1/21/25	Academy at Palumbo	Frankford	(L) 47-24	12/17/24	Central	Frankford	(L) 52-51
1/23/25	Boys' Latin Charter	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 64-34	12/12/24	Central	Boys' Latin Charter	(W) 31-29
1/28/25	Academy at Palumbo	Paul Robeson	(L) 71-50	12/6/24	Paul Robeson	Central	(L) 71-32
				12/19/24	Paul Robeson	Central	(L) 58-35
2/4/25	Academy at Palumbo	Freire Charter	(L) 56-49	1/20/25	Freire Charter	Central	(W) 60-45

Record Breakdown

Academy at Palumbo (24-25)		Central (24-25)
8-11	Overall	5-15
2-9	League	2-9
6-2	Non-League	2-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-9	Common Opponent	2-12
5-7	Home	3-6
3-4	Away	1-9
0-0	Neutral	1-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
7-11	In-State	5-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0