Basketball Recap: Nyce Bakare's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Phelps over Our Saviour Lutheran
By Team Reports
Jan 16, 2025, 8:56am
Basketball Recap: Phelps Lions vs. Our Saviour Lutheran Falcons
Phelps lost against Our Saviour Lutheran back in January of 2020 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Sunday. The Phelps Lions took a 103-90 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Our Saviour Lutheran Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 344th in Pennsylvania, while the Falcons are ranked 19th in New York).

Nyce Bakare
01/12/25 @ Our Saviour Lutheran | 24 |
11/06/24 vs Varsity Opponent | 23 |
12/11/24 vs College Achieve | 22 |
11/20/24 @ Friends' Central | 16 |
11/13/24 vs Darrow | 16 |
Phelps lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Nyce Bakare, who went 7 for 13 en route to 24 points and five boards. Those 24 points gave Bakare a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Onyx Nnani, who posted 17 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds.
Phelps has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 14 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season. As for Our Saviour Lutheran, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
Phelps has already played their next match (against Varsity Opponent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Our Saviour Lutheran will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Patrick School on January 26th.
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