Basketball Recap: Malik Douglas' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Legacy Academy over Veritas Collegiate Academy

Legacy Academy was the 54-50 winner over Veritas Collegiate Academy when they last played one another back in November of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. Legacy Academy fell to the Veritas Collegiate Academy Spartans 67-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (58), Legacy Academy still had to take the loss.

Malik Douglas

Points (Career)

02/03/25 @ Veritas Collegiate Academy	24
01/18/25 vs Lancaster	23
12/27/24 vs Westmoreland	22
12/28/24 @ Amelia County	20
11/29/24 vs Windsor	20

Legacy Academy lost on Monday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Malik Douglas, who went 9 of 14 on his way to 24 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Douglas a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Anderson Allen, who posted 12 points along with five rebounds and three steals.

Legacy Academy now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Veritas Collegiate Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-9.

Legacy Academy will square off against Veritas Collegiate Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Veritas Collegiate Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 15 matches. They have already played their next game, a 70-66 victory against The Carmel School on the 4th.