Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Atlantic City). They took down the Bridgeton Bulldogs 85-66 on Wednesday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 248th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
01/15/25 vs Bridgeton | 33 |
01/13/25 vs Hammonton | 6 |
12/31/24 vs Eastside | 11 |
12/30/24 vs Woodbury | 22 |
12/27/24 vs KIPP Cooper Norcross | 9 |
Leading Atlantic City to victory were Khajuan Roseborough and Dontae T. RoseboRough posted 33 points, while T scored 34 points. With that strong performance, RoseboRough is now averaging an impressive 16.4 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Finks, who put up seven points.
Despite the loss, Bridgeton still got an impressive performance from Jameell Purnell, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 13 rebounds. The matchup was Purnell's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Joel Francisco also deserves some recognition as he scored his first points of the season.
Atlantic City has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Bridgeton, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-6.
Atlantic City has already played their next game (against Middle Township), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Bridgeton has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Lower Cape May.
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