The UME Preparatory Academy EAGLES lost against the ILTexas Arlington Eagles on Tuesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. UME Preparatory Academy took a 48-31 bruising from ILTexas Arlington. UME Preparatory Academy has not had much luck with ILTexas Arlington recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Leading ILTexas Arlington to victory were Jeremiah Burress and Sean Tang. Burress scored 13 points along with five rebounds and five steals, while Tang scored 21 points. The contest was Tang's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Timothy Oyekola, who scored seven points.
UME Preparatory Academy has been struggling recently, as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-10 record this season. As for ILTexas Arlington, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-14.
UME Preparatory Academy will be playing at home against International Leadership of Texas Lancaster-DeSoto at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for ILTexas Arlington, they will head out on the road to face off against Advantage Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Advantage Academy comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 23 points in their last ten games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse.
