Basketball Recap: Blair Academy's Win on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Six

Bucs

Previous 6 Games

12/14/24 vs Newman	78-77
12/11/24 vs Academy of the New Church	92-65
02/22/24 vs St. Benedict's Prep	53-51
02/19/24 vs Hun	67-56
02/16/24 @ Pioneer Academy	86-49
02/10/24 vs Pennington	84-44

Blair Academy entered their tilt with Newman on Saturday with five consecutive wins dating back to last season but they'll enter their next game with six. They escaped with a win against Newman by the margin of a single free throw, 78-77.

Blair Academy's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Newman, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-1.

Blair Academy will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Phelps at 11:15 a.m. on December 28th. As for Newman, they will be home for the holidays to greet Marie Philip at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Newman knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Marie Philip likes a good challenge.