Basketball Recap: Somerset Academy's Losing Streak Is a Thing of the Past

On WednesdayWest Broward kept up with Somerset Academy until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Everything went the Somerset Academy Panthers' way against the West Broward Bobcats as the Somerset Academy Panthers made off with an 83-62 victory. The Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bobcats, too.

Somerset Academy had a senior duo take command as Jayden Alcine went 11 for 18 on his way to 26 points and five assists and Xavier Anderson went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points and seven steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Alcine has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Christian Smith, who went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points along with six assists and three steals.

Loss or not, West Broward got some senior leadership from Bedirhan Menguc and Matthew Martinez. Menguc dropped a double-double on 24 points and 15 rebounds, while Martinez went 8 of 16 on his way to 22 points and six boards. That was a full 35.5% of West Broward's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Somerset Academy moved to 13-11 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for West Broward, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-12.

Somerset Academy will welcome Franklin Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Broward has already played their next game (against Plantation), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.