The North Shore Vikings and the Friends Academy Quakers squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the North Shore Vikings had to settle for second. They took a 55-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Quakers. While losing is never fun, North Shore can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 365th, while Friends Academy is ranked 132nd).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Friends Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kyle Kramer, who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Kramer has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Jake Bock was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with three steals.
North Shore's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Friends Academy, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-4.
North Shore does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Friends Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Southampton at 1:00 p.m. on March 9th. One thing working in Friends Academy's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 17 matchups.
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