The Empowering Others Prep Kings had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 82-80 win over Universal Academy on Friday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Despite the loss, Universal Academy still got an impressive performance from Cyrus Shaw, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 37.5% of Universal Academy's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kamran Reese, who scored 15 points.
Empowering Others Prep's win bumped their record up to 22-17. As for Universal Academy, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season.
Empowering Others Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Universal Academy also has no future games currently scheduled.
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