Basketball Recap: Hume-Fogg Beats Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet for Their 17th Straight Victory

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Previous Games

03/06/25 vs Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet	75-64
03/04/25 vs White House	55-26
03/01/25 vs Portland	59-40
02/24/25 vs Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet	63-49
02/22/25 vs Maplewood	63-46
+ 12 more games

Hume-Fogg came tearing into Thursday's match with 16 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.3 points), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 75-64 victory over the Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet Royals. That's the fourth time they've managed to beat them this season, with their most recent win being a 63-49 victory last Monday.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hume-Fogg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alonzo Rhodes, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards. The game was Rhodes' fifth in a row with at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Kenechukwu Ezekakou, who went 7-for-10 to rack up 14 points.

Hume-Fogg's win bumped their record up to 27-3. As for Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-12.

Hume-Fogg has already played their next contest, a 57-38 victory against Lexington on the 10th. As for Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 59-55 loss against Jackson South Side on the 10th.