Basketball Recap: James Friend Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Northeast Bradford

Athens won the last time they faced Northeast Bradford and things went their way on Friday too. The Athens Wildcats snuck past the Northeast Bradford Panthers with a 50-45 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.

Athens' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but James Friend led the charge by putting up six points in addition to five steals and four blocks. The dominant performance gave Friend a new career-high in steals. Another player making a difference was Lucas Shultz, who posted eight points.

Athens is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Northeast Bradford, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-6.

Athens has already played their next matchup (against Wyalusing Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Northeast Bradford has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against North Penn-Liberty.