Basketball Recap: Priory Starts off Right with Win over More

By Team Reports Nov 27, 2024, 11:52am

Basketball Recap: Priory Panthers vs. More Knights

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Priory gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 88-70 win over the More Knights. The Panthers pushed the score to 83-50 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.

Leading Priory to victory were Balazs Nyikos and Jai Georedette. Nyikos dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 assists, while Georedette went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 26 points plus five assists. What's more, Georedette also posted a 69% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in November of 2023. Another player making a difference was Michael Hildebrandt, who went 6 for 8 en route to 12 points plus four steals.

Priory smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as More only pulled down seven.

Several Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Conrad Schaper, who went 5 for 10 en route to 15 points plus two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Corr, who posted ten points.

Priory will challenge Averroes at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for More, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 71-49 victory against Waldorf on the 26th.

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