On Saturday, the Capital Prep Trailblazers came up short against the Middletown Blue Dragons and fell 77-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (59), the Trailblazers still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Capital Prep saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Syre Gillespie posted 32 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. That was a full 48.5% of Capital Prep's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mha'Nye March, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 boards.
Capital Prep has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-10 record this season. As for Middletown, they pushed their record up to 3-7 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Capital Prep has already played their next contest (against Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Middletown will welcome Platt at 6:45 p.m. on Monday.
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