It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact King's Academy can now relate to. They took a 71-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Saint Andrew's Scots on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (63), the Lions still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why King's Academy lost, don't look at Javian Jones. Despite the final result, he went 10-for-18 to rack up 26 points in addition to seven boards and six assists. That was a full 40.6% of King's Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Mcpherson, who had 15 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Saint Andrew's to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alex Montes, who went 8-for-12 en route to 21 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Montes is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last 19 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Xander Gerard, who went 7-for-8 on his way to 17 points and six assists.
King's Academy's loss dropped their record down to 16-7. As for Saint Andrew's, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 21 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-3 record this season.
King's Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Saint Andrew's, they will take on Gateway Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Saint Andrew's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 78 points per game this season.
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