There's no place like home for the Innovation Academy The Red Tailed Hawk, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Thursday. They secured a 63-57 W over Northeast Metro RVT on Monday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
It was another big night for Derrick Twum, who scored 29 points along with six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Innovation Academy's points. Jayden Ogbeide was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Defeat or not, Northeast Metro RVT got some senior leadership from Chris Zullo and Jayden Outlaw. Zullo scored 18 points along with six rebounds, while Outlaw. scored 12 points along with seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Alesandre Monge, who scored seven points along with three steals.
Innovation Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Northeast Metro RVT, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-9.
Innovation Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Mystic Valley Regional at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Innovation Academy is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 60.7 points per game this season. As for Northeast Metro RVT, they will head out on the road to challenge Somerville at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Northeast Metro RVT focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Monday.
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