Basketball Recap: KIPP College Prep Wins High-Profile Contest Against Parkside

On Saturday, KIPP College Prep faced Parkside in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The KIPP College Prep Panthers managed a 55-51 victory over the Parkside Eagles. This was a revenge game for the Panthers: when they faced off against the Eagles back in January, they had to take a 70-62 loss.

Elijah Butts

Points

01/09/25 vs Friendship Collegiate Academy	19
12/28/24 @ Northwood	19
12/20/24 vs DC International	18
02/08/25 @ Parkside	17
12/02/24 vs Bell	16
+ 15 more games

Leading KIPP College Prep to victory were Elijah Butts and Terron Acker. Butts posted 17 points, while Acker earned 17 points. Butts has become a key player for KIPP College Prep: the team is 7-2 when he posts at least 15 points, but 5-9 otherwise. Dajuan Jones was another key player, putting up seven points.

When it comes to explaining why Parkside lost, don't look at Colby Murphy. Despite the final result, he scored 24 points. Murphy's afternoon made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of KamarJ Lincoln, who had ten points.

KIPP College Prep has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.3 points over those games. As for Parkside, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-10.

KIPP College Prep has already played their next contest (against Friendship Collegiate Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Parkside, they will square off against Paul Public Charter International at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Parkside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 65.1 points per game this season.