Basketball Recap: St. Thomas Aquinas Beats Sports Leadership & Management for Their Fifth Straight Win

Raiders

Previous 5 Games

01/16/25 @ Sports Leadership & Management	54-50
01/14/25 vs Blanche Ely	47-39
01/08/25 vs Coral Springs	63-41
12/28/24 vs Forest	94-53
12/27/24 vs Titusville	77-36

St. Thomas Aquinas had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They secured a 54-50 W over Sports Leadership & Management. That's more bragging rights for the Raiders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

St. Thomas Aquinas' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Nyla Mcfadden, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Mcfadden a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was London Thomas, who posted ten points along with five assists and five boards.

St. Thomas Aquinas smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in eight consecutive matches.

St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Sports Leadership & Management, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.

St. Thomas Aquinas and Schoolhouse Prep will face off at 4:40 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Schoolhouse Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.4 points per game this season. Sports Leadership & Management has already played their next contest (against Academy of Central Florida), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.