The Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets entered their tilt with the Tandem Friends Badgers with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Randolph-Macon Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Tandem Friends 61-59. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Randolph-Macon Academy had a senior duo take command as Chidera George dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds and Bilal Kebbay scored 17 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. That makes it two consecutive games in which Kebbay has scored at least 25% of Randolph-Macon Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tega Esievo, who scored 4 points.
Several Badgers players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Zaquis ?Quis? Timberlake, who scored 18 points. Ty Shelton was another key contributor, scoring 17 points.
Randolph-Macon Academy's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Tandem Friends, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Randolph-Macon Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Fredericksburg Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Tandem Friends, they will head out on the road to face off against Stuart Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
