On Thursday, Friendship Tech Prep Academy faced Roosevelt in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Friendship Tech Prep Academy Titans walked away with a 68-60 victory over the Roosevelt Roughriders. For the Titans, this counts as revenge for the 72-62 win the Roughriders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2020.
02/06/25 @ Roosevelt | 14 |
02/03/25 @ Friendship Collegiate Academy | 12 |
12/07/24 vs Springdale Prep | 11 |
01/30/25 @ KIPP College Prep | 11 |
12/13/24 @ Alexandria City | 10 |
Friendship Tech Prep Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Daniel Bumpass out in front who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Bumpass a new career-high in boards. Mekhi Polk was another key player, putting up 15 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Friendship Tech Prep Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Roosevelt only pulled down six offensive boards.
Despite the defeat, Roosevelt saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Gabriel Hudgens went 7 for 14 on his way to 20 points and three steals. Hudgens has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Ke'Mari Pointer, who posted ten points along with six assists and four steals.
Friendship Tech Prep Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-7.
As of now, neither Friendship Tech Prep Academy nor Roosevelt have any future games scheduled.
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