The MAST Academy Makos scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They blew past Archimedean 68-36 at home. That 32 points margin sets a new team best for MAST Academy this season.
When it comes to explaining why Archimedean lost, one person who can't be blamed is Joseph Vega. Despite the final result, he scored 21 points along with five rebounds. That was a full 58.3% of Archimedean's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of David Lopez-Lantigua, who scored ten points along with five rebounds.
Archimedean struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
MAST Academy's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-4. As for Archimedean, they bumped their record down to 2-8 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
MAST Academy will be playing at home against Ransom Everglades at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Archimedean, they will square off against Cushman at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
