Basketball Recap: Abington Friends Drops Highest Score of Season Against Friends Select

Abington Friends

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Friends Select	78
11/30/24 @ La Salle College	75
01/17/25 vs Germantown Friends	73
12/07/24 @ Audenried	66
01/10/25 @ Abraham Lincoln	63

Abington Friends scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 86-78 to Friends Select. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (61), Abington Friends still had to take the loss.

Abington Friends' loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-9. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Friends Select, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.

Abington Friends and Friends Select could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. Abington Friends will take on Academy of the New Church at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday down 205 places (287 vs. 82). Meanwhile, Friends Select (ranked 93rd) will meet Pennington (ranked 12th) at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.