Basketball Recap: Prospect Hill Academy Drops Highest Score of Season Against Innovation Academy

Prospect Hill Academy

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Innovation Academy	73
01/21/25 @ Pioneer Charter School of Science II	68
12/17/24 vs Pioneer Charter School of Science II	65
01/14/25 vs Pioneer Charter School of Science	55
12/19/24 @ Excel Academy Charter	54
12/23/24 vs Danvers	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prospect Hill Academy). They strolled past the Innovation Academy The Red Tailed Hawk with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 73-57. The win was nothing new for Prospect Hill Academy as they're now sitting on three straight.

When it comes to explaining why Innovation Academy lost, don't look at Bryce Kankam. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten boards. That was a full 36.8% of Innovation Academy's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Mason Francisco, who had ten points.

Prospect Hill Academy's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for Innovation Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-11.

Prospect Hill Academy will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Pioneer Charter School of Science at 5:45 p.m. on February 6th. As for Innovation Academy, they will face off against Cristo Rey at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Innovation Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups.