Basketball Recap: Scholars Academy's Victory on Tuesday Extends Winning Streak to Five

Scholars Academy

Previous 5 Games

01/28/25 @ The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria	44-41
01/18/25 @ Aviation	49-38
01/16/25 vs Careers in Television & Film	68-26
01/08/25 @ Queens Teaching	57-18
01/06/25 @ Pathways College Prep	58-13

The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Scholars Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria Phoenix 44-41. The win was nothing new for Scholars Academy as they're now sitting on five straight.

Scholars Academy pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 12-1.

Scholars Academy and The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps New York Rankings. Scholars Academy (ranked 231st) will meet The Baccalaureate School for Global Education (ranked 660th) at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Scholars Academy: 25.9, The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria: 28.4) so any points scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria will take on Pathways College Prep at 4:30 p.m. on Friday up 389 places (128 vs. 517).