Basketball Recap: King's Academy Beats Elite Academy for Their Fifth Straight Victory

Lions

Previous 5 Games

01/28/25 vs Elite Academy	51-47
01/23/25 vs John Carroll Catholic	50-47
01/21/25 vs Lake Worth Christian	68-58
01/16/25 vs Palm Beach Lakes	56-45
01/14/25 @ St. John Paul II Academy	68-65

King's Academy won the last time they faced Elite Academy and things went their way on Tuesday too. The King's Academy Lions managed a 51-47 victory over the Elite Academy Eagles. The win was nothing new for the Lions as they're now sitting on five straight.

King's Academy had a senior duo take command as Javian Jones posted 12 points in addition to eight boards and seven assists and Matt Mcpherson went 6 for 15 en route to 19 points and five rebounds. Jones is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last ten games he's played. Isaiah McCoy was another key player, putting up seven points and ten rebounds.

When it comes to explaining why Elite Academy lost, don't look at Ladainian Brooks. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Levi Brown, who put up 13 points.

King's Academy pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Elite Academy, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-9.

King's Academy has already played their next match (against Berean Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Elite Academy has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against True North Classical Academy.