Basketball Recap: Riverwalk Academy Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Riverwalk Academy duked it out with McBee on Tuesday. The Riverwalk Academy Lions were beaten by the McBee Panthers 83-37. The Lions have struggled against the Panthers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.

Austin Thurman

Rebounds

02/11/25 vs McBee	17
02/06/25 vs Lewisville	8
02/04/25 @ Lamar	5
01/30/25 @ Providence Classical	9
01/28/25 vs Lee Central	4
+ 13 more games

Despite the loss, Riverwalk Academy still got an impressive performance from Austin Thurman, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 17 boards. With that strong performance, Thurman is now averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds per game. Another player making a difference was Brayden Dawkins, who went 5-for-9 to rack up 11 points.

McBee got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jakari Holloman out in front who dropped a triple-double with 31 points, ten boards, and ten assists. Holloman has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 11 times he's played. Tyrek Wright was another key player, dropping a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Riverwalk Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-16. As for McBee, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-4.

Riverwalk Academy has already played their next game (against Governor's School for Science & Math), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. McBee does not have any more games scheduled as of now.