Basketball Recap: Brianna Pope Key Part of Team Effort in Engineers Win

Engineers

Margin (Wins)

01/02/25 vs Lake Clifton	75
01/21/25 vs Digital Harbor	62
01/23/25 @ Carver Vo-Tech	52
12/10/24 @ Patterson	50
01/30/25 vs Benjamin Franklin	49

Poly won the last time they faced Edmondson-Westside and things went their way on Wednesday too. Everything went the Poly Engineers' way against the Edmondson-Westside Red Storm as the Poly Engineers made off with a 75-49 win. The Engineers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 20 points or more this season.

Poly's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brianna Pope, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Pope a new career-high in steals (six). Another player making a difference was Alexis Smothers, who posted 15 points along with six steals and five boards.

Poly smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in three consecutive games.

Poly's win bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Edmondson-Westside, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-4.

As of now, neither Poly nor Edmondson-Westside have any future games scheduled.