South Philadelphia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They took a blow against the Roxborough Wolves, falling 78-18. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 737th, while the Wolves are ranked 276th).
Roxborough got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Nahir Wolfe out in front who went 9 of 13 en route to 23 points and eight steals. Those eight steals gave Wolfe a new career-high. Josh Jones was another key player, going 7 for 10 on his way to 16 points along with six assists and six boards.
South Philadelphia's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Roxborough, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4.
South Philadelphia has already played their next contest (against MAST Charter II), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Roxborough and Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech will face off at 3:15 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Roxborough likes a good challenge.
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