Basketball Recap: Friendship Tech Prep Academy's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

Friendship Tech Prep Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Woodmere Academy. The Friendship Tech Prep Academy Titans fell 64-52 to Woodmere Academy. The game marked the Titans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Friendship Tech Prep Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Malik Shackleford, who posted 17 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of David Bumpass, who put up 17 points.

Even though they lost, Friendship Tech Prep Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've managed all season.

Titans

Previous 5 Games

12/27/24 vs Woodmere Academy	52-64
12/21/24 vs St. Mary's Ryken	57-47
12/20/24 vs West Catholic	63-61
12/17/24 @ Parkside	89-63
12/14/24 vs Virginia Academy	93-57

With the defeat, Friendship Tech Prep Academy broke their ten-game winning streak and moved their record to 10-2. As for Woodmere Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.

Friendship Tech Prep Academy and Wasatch Academy will round out the year against one another at at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Woodmere Academy, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Brewster Academy National at 5:30 p.m. on February 15, 2025.