Basketball Recap: DME Academy Comes Up Short in High-Profile Match with Mallard Creek

DME Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Mallard Creek. The DME Academy - fell just short of the Mallard Creek Mavericks by a score of 60-57. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the - have suffered since January 26th.

Leading Mallard Creek to victory were Kiara Anderson and Elle Stone. Anderson posted 20 points, while Stone dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. Anderson's afternoon made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points.

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Previous 5 Games

12/27/24 vs Mallard Creek	57-60
12/20/24 vs Victory Christian	67-33
12/19/24 @ Clarksville Christian	61-49
12/14/24 vs SPIRE Academy	49-18
12/13/24 vs Cannon	73-52

With the loss, DME Academy broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-3. As for Mallard Creek, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-1.

DME Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 51-35 win against Oak City Prep on the 28th. Mallard Creek has also already played their next game, a 77-58 defeat against Bullis on the 28th.