Basketball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Tahj Wilson and Jordan Benzenahfer Lead Philadelphia Academy Charter to Victory

On Tuesday, everything went the Philadelphia Academy Charter Chargers's way against First Philadelphia Prep as the Philadelphia Academy Charter Chargers made off with a 57-37 win. The Chargers pushed the score to 48-22 by the end of the third, a deficit First Philadelphia Prep cut but never quite recovered from.

Leading Philadelphia Academy Charter to victory were Jordan Benzenahfer and Tahj Wilson. Benzenahfer went 9 of 15 en route to 27 points and five rebounds, while Wilson almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 16 boards. Wilson has been hot, having posted eight or more boards the last eight times he's played. Silias Gillard was another key player, putting up seven points and six rebounds.

Philadelphia Academy Charter's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for First Philadelphia Prep, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-10.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Philadelphia Academy Charter will venture away from home to take on Masterman at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Philadelphia Academy Charter is facing Masterman at the right time seeing as Masterman is stuck on a five-game losing streak. First Philadelphia Prep has already played their next matchup (against Mastery Charter South co-op [Mastery Charter Lenfest/Mastery Charter Thomas]), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.