On Saturday, Friendship Tech Prep Academy faced Sidwell Friends in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Friendship Tech Prep Academy Titans fell 54-46 to the Sidwell Friends Quakers. The defeat continues a trend for the Titans in their matchups with the Quakers: they've now lost three in a row.
Friendship Tech Prep Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Daniel Bumpass, who posted eight points along with seven rebounds and five assists. David Bumpass was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Sidwell Friends was led to victory by Ian Condon and Caleb Gillus. Condon went 8 of 12 on his way to 20 points and seven boards, while Gillus scored ten points in addition to eight assists and three steals. Gillus is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Harrison Keyser, who put up six points.
Friendship Tech Prep Academy's loss ended a 13-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 16-6. As for Sidwell Friends, their win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Friendship Tech Prep Academy has already played their next contest (against KIPP College Prep), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Sidwell Friends will venture away from home to face off against St. Andrew's Episcopal at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Andrew's Episcopal knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Sidwell Friends likes a good challenge.
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