The Northeast Vikings typically have all the answers at home, but on Wednesday the Executive Education Academy Charter School Raptors proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 57-51 victory over the Vikings. Given Executive Education Academy Charter School's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Vikings are ranked 127th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
When it comes to explaining why Northeast lost, one person who can't be blamed is Darrius Gaeta. Despite the final result, he scored 19 points along with four steals. Gaeta has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last eight times he's played. Michael Freeman was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Executive Education Academy Charter School is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Northeast, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 17-4.
Executive Education Academy Charter School will be staying on the road on Sunday to face off against the Trojans on February 4th. As for Northeast, they will be playing in front of their home fans against the at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Hill Freedman World Academy is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.
