Basketball Recap: Somerset Academy Skates Past Mourning with Ease

By Team Reports Feb 10, 2025, 6:57am

Basketball Recap: Somerset Academy Panthers vs. Mourning Sharks

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11/19/24 vs Somerset Academy Central Miramar70
01/31/25 vs Franklin Academy65
12/16/24 vs Keys Gate48
02/03/25 vs Mourning42
01/14/25 @ Carol City36

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Somerset Academy had no problem doing just that on Monday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mourning Sharks 79-37. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 21 points or more this season.

Leading Somerset Academy to victory were Khimari Hudson and Christian Smith. Hudson dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds, while Smith went 6 of 8 on his way to 16 points and five steals. The dominant performance also gave Smith a new career-high in field goal percentage (75%). Alexander Rivers was another key player, putting up 11 points and five steals.

The win was the third in a row for Somerset Academy, bringing their record for this year to 15-11. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to offensive boards: they averaged an imposing 12.33 offensive rebounds in those games compared to only 12.33 in the others. As for Mourning, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-15 record this season.

Somerset Academy has already played their next contest, a 60-49 victory against Reagan on the 5th. Mourning does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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