Basketball Recap: Shining Star Sports Academy Falls Short Against Ranked DME Academy

Shining Star Sports Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Sunday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of DME Academy. The Shining Star Sports Academy Panthers took a 63-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the DME Academy -.

Harissoum Coulibaly

Points

02/16/25 vs DME Academy	27
02/15/25 vs Tournament Opponent	19
02/14/25 vs Legacy Early College	19
02/09/25 vs Cresset Christian Academy	25
02/08/25 vs Life Center Academy	19

Despite the loss, Shining Star Sports Academy still got an impressive performance from Harissoum Coulibaly, who dropped a double-double with 27 points and ten boards. The match was Coulibaly's fifth in a row with at least 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Syvannah Dawson, who posted ten points.

Shining Star Sports Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 22-5. As for DME Academy, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 24-6.

Shining Star Sports Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for DME Academy, they will take on Montverde Academy at 6:00 p.m. on February 25th.