Basketball Recap: Sankofa Freedom Academy Comes Up Short

If Sankofa Freedom Academy was feeling good fresh off their 65-41 takedown of Mastery Charter North - Pickett last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors fell 66-58 to Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech on Thursday. The Warriors haven't had much luck with Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Nafis Dubose

Points

02/13/25 @ Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech	21
02/11/25 vs Mastery Charter North - Pickett	17
02/07/25 vs Freire Charter	18

When it comes to explaining why Sankofa Freedom Academy lost, don't look at Nafis Dubose. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 21 points and 11 boards. The game was Dubose's third in a row with at least 17 points. Sammad West was another key player, putting up 12 points and seven rebounds.

Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jarrell Little led the charge by going 5-for-9 en route to 19 points. Little has been hot for a while, having posted 16 or more points the last 12 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Makaii Akridge, who posted 22 points.

Sankofa Freedom Academy's loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season.

Sankofa Freedom Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech, they will venture away from home to square off against Imhotep Charter at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.