The Episcopal Academy Churchmen can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 80-79 victory over Friends' Central. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Friends' Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Muhsin Muhammad, who almost dropped a double-double on 33 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Muhammad has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Reid Belcher, who scored 22 points along with two steals.
Episcopal Academy's victory bumped their record up to 13-6. As for Friends' Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-6.
Episcopal Academy will head out on the road to challenge Academy of the New Church at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Episcopal Academy's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. Friends' Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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