Island Trees lost against Friends Academy back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Island Trees Bulldogs took a 75-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Friends Academy Quakers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in December of 2024 (63), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Friends Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Eyan Valadez out in front who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 boards. Valadez has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jared Williams, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 15 boards.
Island Trees' loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Friends Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Island Trees will welcome Lawrence at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Island Trees is facing Lawrence at the right time seeing as Lawrence is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Friends Academy, they will be playing at home against Malverne at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Friends Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.9 points per game this season.
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