Basketball Recap: Girard Academic Music Program Sets Scoring Season-High Against Philadelphia Military Academy

Pioneers

Team Score

01/15/25 vs Philadelphia Military Academy	40
01/13/25 vs First Philadelphia Prep	31
01/08/25 vs Strawberry Mansion	28
12/16/24 vs String Theory	27
12/18/24 @ KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy	22
12/11/24 vs Franklin Learning Center	16

Girard Academic Music Program entered their tilt with Philadelphia Military Academy on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Philadelphia Military Academy Knights by a score of 40-33. The Pioneers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Girard Academic Music Program had a senior duo take command as Laura Alfaro posted 15 points and Lucy Lovell put up 11 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Alfaro has scored at least a third of Girard Academic Music Program's points.

Girard Academic Music Program's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.3 points per game. As for Philadelphia Military Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.

Girard Academic Music Program has already played their next game (against Vaux Big Picture), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Philadelphia Military Academy will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech at 3:15 p.m. on January 22nd. Philadelphia Military Academy is facing Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech at the right time seeing as Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech is stuck on a five-game losing streak.