Leadership Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They had to suffer through a 48-17 loss at the hands of the College Prep & Leadership Academy Royals. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Royals this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 46-31 last Tuesday.
Briana Ramirez was Leadership Academy's leading scorer, having posted eight points. Ali Faenza took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
College Prep & Leadership Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Melody Johnson led the charge by going 6-for-11 to rack up 17 points. The dominant performance also gave Johnson a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (71%). Another player making a difference was MacKenzie Dumbuya, who went 5-for-9 en route to 13 points.
Leadership Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for College Prep & Leadership Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Looking ahead, Leadership Academy won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Winston-Salem Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Winston-Salem Prep has insisted on making their last three contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 0-3 during that stretch of close contests. College Prep & Leadership Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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