Basketball Recap: Academy Park Comes Up Short

Academy Park lost against Chester on January 14th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The matchup between the Academy Park Knights and the Chester Clippers didn't end well, with the Academy Park Knights falling 50-34. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Clippers are ranked 131st).

Imani Dorsey was her usual excellent self, going 9 of 15 en route to 21 points in addition to six steals and five assists for Chester. Dorsey's evening made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ja?Mya Muhammad, who posted 13 points along with five rebounds and four steals.

Academy Park now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Chester, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-3.

Academy Park has already played their next game (against Interboro), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Chester will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Penn Wood at 7:00 p.m. Chester is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.2 points per game this season.