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String Theory Academy at Palumbo

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The Academy at Palumbo (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 58-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
String Theory	-	-	-	-	58
Academy at Palumbo	-	-	-	-	48

Final score provided by J. Dunn.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Academy at Palumbo (23-24)

String Theory

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	25	59	42	46
2	D. Williams (Sr)	7	3	6	50	50
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8	3	9	33	44
4	Bryon Merritt (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	8	3	11	27	32
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	19	9	13	69	69
23	C. Houston (Sr)	5	2	3	67	67
24	Kalief Gainer (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	11	5	9	56	61

Academy at Palumbo

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	25	8	20	40	40
1	Samad Torrence (Sr)	2	0	5	0	0
4	Julius Pommells (So)	9	3	7	43	43
12	Taj Medley (So)	10	3	5	60	60
23	Zayd Brown (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67

String Theory

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	4	17	24	4	10	40	21	42	50
2	D. Williams (Sr)	7	0	1	0	1	2	50	3	5	60
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	4	25
4	Bryon Merritt (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	8	1	6	17	1	2	50	2	5	40
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	19	0	2	0	1	2	50	9	11	82
23	C. Houston (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	4	25	2	2	100
24	Kalief Gainer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	11	1	1	100	0	0	0	4	8	50

Academy at Palumbo

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	25	5	9	11	82	8	15	53
1	Samad Torrence (Sr)	2	4	2	2	100	0	1	0
4	Julius Pommells (So)	9	1	3	3	100	3	6	50
12	Taj Medley (So)	10	0	4	6	67	3	5	60
23	Zayd Brown (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	67

String Theory

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	58	14	29	43	12	9	4	13
2	D. Williams (Sr)	7		2	2	3			3
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	8		2	2	1			2
4	Bryon Merritt (Sr)	0		2	2	3	1	1
5	J. Robertson (Sr)	8		2	2		2		4
12	R. Lafaliese (Jr)	0	1		1				1
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	19		11	11	2	5	2	2
23	C. Houston (Sr)	5	4	4	8	1
24	Kalief Gainer (Jr)	0	3	1	4	1
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	11	6	5	11	1	1	1	1

Academy at Palumbo

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	25	7	11	18	4	5	1	9	2
1	Samad Torrence (Sr)	2	1	5	6	4	1	1	6	1
4	Julius Pommells (So)	9	3	3	6	0	2	0	2	1
12	Taj Medley (So)	10	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	0
23	Zayd Brown (Jr)	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0

String Theory

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.92	0.69
2	D. Williams (Sr)	1.00
3	Luca Varallo (Jr)	0.50
5	J. Robertson (Sr)		0.50
21	Jason Pezzetti (Sr)	1.00	2.50
30	Dawud Jones (Sr)	1.00	1.00

Academy at Palumbo

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.56	2.50	0.50	1
1	Samad Torrence (Sr)	0.67	0.17	1.00	1.00	0
4	Julius Pommells (So)	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	1
12	Taj Medley (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
23	Zayd Brown (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Academy at Palumbo succumbs to String Theory

December 12, 2023: Philadelphia, PA 19147

The String Theory topped the host Academy at Palumbo Griffin basketball team by a final score of 58-48 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the face the George Washington Eagles (Philadelphia, PA) in a Philadelphia Public - Liberty game, on Thursday, December 14. String Theory will attempt to move on its 4-2 season record. The Eagles enter the game with a 5-0 record after their 57-47 non-league win over Freire Charter (Philadelphia, PA).

With the defeat, Academy at Palumbo moves to 0-1 on the year. The Griffin travel to Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (Philadelphia, PA) to face the Rockets in a Philadelphia Public - Liberty game on Thursday, December 14. The Rockets enter the game with a record of 4-1. Science Leadership Academy at Beeber won 71-57 in their recent league game against Paul Robeson (Philadelphia, PA)

Players of the Game

String Theory (23-24)

Congratulations to #21 Jason Pezzetti for being selected the String Theory Basketball Player of the Game.

Academy at Palumbo (23-24)

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

String Theory @ AAP Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023 @ 3:15p

Location: 1100 Catharine St, Phila., PA 19147

The Academy at Palumbo (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 58-48.

Rankings & Records

String Theory (23-24)

PA	Class
413	52

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-12	6-6	6-3	4-8	1-1	.478	.500	1,258	1,294

Academy at Palumbo (23-24)

PA	Class
462	98

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-8	6-7	4-2	4-6	.500	.462	863	828

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
String Theory	13.9	14.4	13.3	16.0	3.0	54.7
Academy at Palumbo	14.5	10.3	15.7	12.2	7.0	53.9

Team Stat Comparison

String Theory		Academy at Palumbo
55.1	Points Per Game	11.8
38.7	Rebounds Per Game	4.9
10.0	Assists Per Game	0.3
10.1	Steals Per Game	2.4
3.1	Blocks Per Game	0.3

Team Leaders

String Theory		Academy at Palumbo	National Avg.
#5 Justus Robertson16.6	Points Per Game	#2 Uthaymin Laws13.7	4.9
#30 Dawud Jones11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Matthew Brown4.7	2.6
#21 Jason Pezzetti2.8	Assists Per Game	#1 Samad Torrence0.8	1.0
#21 Jason Pezzetti2.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Samad Torrence2.4	0.8
#21 Jason Pezzetti1.9	Blocks Per Game	#3 Matthew Brown0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
String Theory	5-7		Academy at Palumbo	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Paul Robeson	String Theory	(L) 66-62	1/25/24	Paul Robeson	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 54-49
12/7/23	String Theory	Olney	(W) 62-54	1/4/24	Olney	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 63-60
12/14/23	String Theory	George Washington	(L) 71-56	1/16/24	Academy at Palumbo	George Washington	(W) 57-50
12/19/23	String Theory	Northeast	(L) 58-43	1/30/24	Academy at Palumbo	Northeast	(L) 52-38
1/4/24	Frankford	String Theory	(L) 54-40	1/18/24	Frankford	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 56-49
1/11/24	String Theory	Simon Gratz	(L) 64-54	12/19/23	Academy at Palumbo	Simon Gratz	(L) 56-44
				2/8/24	Academy at Palumbo	Simon Gratz	(L) 67-53
1/16/24	Central	String Theory	(W) 50-32	1/11/24	Central	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 48-44
1/18/24	Boys' Latin Charter	String Theory	(W) 57-55	1/23/24	Academy at Palumbo	Boys' Latin Charter	(W) 61-47
1/23/24	Maritime Academy Charter	String Theory	(W) 63-42	1/31/24	Academy at Palumbo	Maritime Academy Charter	(W) 70-51
1/29/24	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	String Theory	(L) 73-72	12/14/23	Academy at Palumbo	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	(L) 64-47
2/26/24	String Theory	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	(L) 63-62
1/30/24	String Theory	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	(W) 61-56	12/21/23	Academy at Palumbo	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	(L) 73-43

Record Breakdown

String Theory (23-24)		Academy at Palumbo (23-24)
11-12	Overall	8-8
6-6	League	6-7
3-4	Non-League	2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-7	Common Opponent	6-6
6-3	Home	4-2
4-8	Away	4-6
1-1	Neutral	0-0
2-2	Playoff	0-0
10-12	In-State	8-8
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0