Basketball Recap: Kemba Brown's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Parkway West over Thomas A. Edison

If Parkway West was feeling good fresh off their 45-21 takedown of Maritime Academy Charter last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Parkway West HOYAS took a 57-41 bruising from the Thomas A. Edison Owls on Wednesday.

Several HOYAS players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kemba Brown, who posted 17 points. Brown's afternoon made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Mariyah Davis was another key player, putting up 15 points.

Leading Thomas A. Edison to victory were Destiny Speach and Zyliah Wilson. Speach put up 21 points, while Wilson scored 15 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Speach has scored at least a third of Thomas A. Edison's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Marcaiyah Colon, who earned six points.

Parkway West has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-6 record this season. As for Thomas A. Edison, they moved to 3-7 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak.

Parkway West will challenge Overbrook at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Parkway West is facing Overbrook at the right time seeing as Overbrook is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Thomas A. Edison has already played their next matchup (against Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.