Basketball Recap: Friendship Collegiate Academy Drops Season-High Score on Thurgood Marshall Academy

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Team Score

01/15/25 @ Thurgood Marshall Academy	87
12/28/24 vs Archbishop Carroll	56
01/04/25 vs Anacostia	53
12/06/24 @ McKinley Tech	52
01/09/25 @ KIPP College Prep	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Friendship Collegiate Academy). They simply couldn't be stopped on Wednesday as they easily beat the Thurgood Marshall Academy Warriors 87-19. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 31-11.

Friendship Collegiate Academy was led to victory by Z'Niyah Moore and Jonae McKnight. Moore dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds, while McKnight went 8 for 10 on her way to 16 points along with seven assists and six boards. Moore has been hot recently, having posted nine or more boards the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Miyazia Harris, who went 6 of 11 en route to 13 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Friendship Collegiate Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 27 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

The victory was the fourth in a row for Friendship Collegiate Academy, bringing their record for this year to 7-8.

Friendship Collegiate Academy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Parkside at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Thurgood Marshall Academy, they will also get right back to it: they'll take on KIPP College Prep at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Thurgood Marshall Academy is looking for their season's first win.