The Summit Tahoma Tigers lost against the University Prep Academy Golden Eagles back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Summit Tahoma fell 55-45 to University Prep Academy. Summit Tahoma has not had much luck with University Prep Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Despite the loss, Summit Tahoma still got an impressive performance from JJ Tucker, who scored 21 points. That was a full 46.7% of Summit Tahoma's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
University Prep Academy was led to victory by Austin Clement and Kalebe Girma. Clement scored ten points, while Girma scored 14 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Clement has scored all season.
Summit Tahoma's defeat dropped their record down to 6-4. As for University Prep Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Summit Tahoma will head out on the road to square off against Cindy Avitia at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Summit Tahoma is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 57.9 points per game this season. As for University Prep Academy, they will head out on the road to challenge Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something University Prep Academy surely won't give up without a fight.
