Basketball Recap: Andrews Osborne Academy Skates Past Our Lady of the Elms with Ease

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Andrews Osborne Academy's strategy against Our Lady of the Elms on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Andrews Osborne Academy Phoenix blew the Our Lady of the Elms Panthers out of the water with a 57-20 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-10.

Andrews Osborne Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alejandra Gil led the charge by dropping a double-double on 21 points and ten steals. The game was Gil's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Jamiyah Dye was another key player, putting up 15 points along with six rebounds and five assists.

Andrews Osborne Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in four consecutive contests.

Our Lady of the Elms' defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Heaven Thorn, who posted five points in addition to seven boards and four blocks. The dominant performance gave Thorn a new career-high in blocks. Lucia Rossetti also deserves some recognition as she scored her first points of the season.

Andrews Osborne Academy pushed their record up to 5-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.7 points. As for Our Lady of the Elms, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.

Andrews Osborne Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 42-26 loss against Open Door Christian on the 27th. As for Our Lady of the Elms, they will face off against Mentor Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.