The Liguori Academy Falcons will square off against the Cristo Rey Philadelphia Blue Pride at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Liguori Academy might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 71-65 to Solebury, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Falcons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, Liguori Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Amir Washington went 6 for 14 en route to 19 points. Washington's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Naiem Scott-Allen was another key player, going 5 for 11 en route to 12 points.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins dating back to last season, Cristo Rey Philadelphia's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 77-76 to Prince George Academy Blue. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (62), the Blue Pride still had to take the loss.
Cristo Rey Philadelphia's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Liguori Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
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