In what's become a running theme this season, the Ballou Knights gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Banneker 69-48. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ballou.
Ballou was led to victory by Lorenzo Martin and Samaud Benton-McDonald. Martin scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and three steals, while Benton-McDonald scored 24 points along with two steals. Martin is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyrek Ray-archer, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Despite the defeat, Banneker had strong showings from Jeremiah Shelton, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals, and Doran Clausell, who scored 24 points along with five steals. Shelton has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times he's played. Dominic Rusciolelli was another key contributor, scoring three points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Ballou pushed their record up to 14-11 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Banneker, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-9.
Ballou does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Banneker also has no future games currently scheduled.
