Basketball Recap: School Without Walls Skates Past Bard with Ease

Penguins

Margin (Wins)

01/10/25 vs Phelps Architecture, Construction & Engineering	54
12/02/24 @ Washington Latin Public Charter School	50
01/24/25 vs Bard	47
12/09/24 @ MacArthur	46
01/22/25 @ Bell	43

On Friday, School Without Walls faced Bard in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The School Without Walls Penguins claimed a resounding 58-11 win over the Bard Falcons. The Penguins have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 28 points or more this season.

Sophie Whitaker continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 15 of 23 en route to 33 points. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 15.6 points per game. Joelle Barksdale was another key player, putting up nine points and five steals.

School Without Walls pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.8 points per game. As for Bard, they are on a 21-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-11.

School Without Walls didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 60-13 win against Cardozo on the 27th. Bard has also already played their next match (against Eastern), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.