West Philadelphia was the 54-47 winner over Sankofa Freedom Academy when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The West Philadelphia Speedboys were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 63-62 to the Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (57), the Speedboys still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why West Philadelphia lost, don't look at Jayden Mckie. Despite the final result, he posted 15 points. Another player making a difference was Xavier Howard, who earned 12 points and seven boards.
Nafis Dubose continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Sankofa Freedom Academy, going 12 for 17 on his way to 29 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. Those five steals gave Dubose a new career-high. Sammad West was another key player, going 5 of 7 en route to 12 points and six boards.
West Philadelphia's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Sankofa Freedom Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season.
West Philadelphia will challenge Mastery Charter North - Pickett at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mastery Charter North - Pickett is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.8 points per game this season. As for Sankofa Freedom Academy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 65-59 victory against Wings Academy on the 25th.
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