Basketball Recap: Richard Wright Public Charter School Takes a Loss

Richard Wright Public Charter School was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 21st straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 58-21 loss at the hands of the Digital Pioneers Academy Pythons. The Spartans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 32-11.

Digital Pioneers Academy was led to victory by Kenneth Borders and Amarii Bondale. Borders went 5 for 6 en route to 12 points and seven steals, while Bondale went 6 of 7 on his way to 13 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals. Borders has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Imran Buttt, who posted seven points.

Richard Wright Public Charter School's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Digital Pioneers Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.

Richard Wright Public Charter School has already played their next contest (against Capital City Public Charter School), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Digital Pioneers Academy and Idea will face off at 7:15 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Digital Pioneers Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.4 points per game this season.