The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber Rockets will square off against High School of the Future at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber has four straight victories, High School of the Future has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Science Leadership Academy at Beeber beats High School of the Future with 52 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Science Leadership Academy at Beeber walked away with a 52-40 win over Paul Robeson on Wednesday. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Huskies are ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Science Leadership Academy at Beeber can attribute much of their success to Raegan Wells-Bradley, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 14 rebounds, and Taylor Haynes, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 16 boards. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Wells-Bradley has scored at least a third of Science Leadership Academy at Beeber's points.
Science Leadership Academy at Beeber smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 67-9, which was the final score in High School of the Future's tilt against Martin Luther King on Wednesday.
Science Leadership Academy at Beeber's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.6 points per game. As for High School of the Future, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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