With Freedom's effective field goal percentage at 100% and East New York Family Academy's at 59% on Saturday, the final result was to be expected on Saturday. The Freedom Eagles fell to East New York Family Academy 61-57.
Ashley Nzekwesi was Freedom's leading scorer, having posted two points.
Arianna Mercado continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for East New York Family Academy, going 14 for 20 on her way to 50 points and five rebounds. Mercado is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season. Olivia Eugene was another key player, putting up eight points along with five boards and four steals.
Freedom's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for East New York Family Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Freedom will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Charles J. Colgan at 7:00 p.m. on January 7th. As for East New York Family Academy, they will face off against Manasquan at 3:00 p.m. on January 5th.
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