Basketball Recap: Boston University Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Marie Philip

Boston University Academy

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Marie Philip	59
01/22/25 vs Boston Trinity Academy	55
12/05/24 vs Gann Academy	47
01/10/25 vs Brimmer & May	42
01/13/25 @ Covenant Christian Academy	41

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Boston University Academy). They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Marie Philip Galloping Ghosts 59-57. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Boston University Academy also won the last time the pair played back in February of 2024.

Despite the loss, Marie Philip still got an impressive performance from Xavier DeLeon, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and 13 rebounds. DeLeon has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 48 times he's played. Henry Wentworth was another key player, going 5 of 9 on his way to 14 points.

Boston University Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Marie Philip, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-5.

Boston University Academy has already played their next game (against Newman), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Marie Philip has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Cambridge.