Academy of the New Church was the 47-30 winner over Freire Charter when they last played one another back in December of 2022, but their luck changed this time around. The Academy of the New Church Lions took a 60-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Freire Charter Dragon on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 510th, while the Dragon are ranked 140th).
Academy of the New Church lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ava Teich, who posted 21 points and three steals. That was a full 44.7% of Academy of the New Church's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. London Lynch was another key player, putting up 19 points and six rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Academy of the New Church and nudges their season record down to 2-14. As for Freire Charter, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Academy of the New Church will be playing in front of their home fans against Friends Select at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Academy of the New Church is facing Friends Select at the right time seeing as Friends Select is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Freire Charter, they are taking a road trip to face off against Wildwood Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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