On Friday, the Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights faced the Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Friendship Collegiate Academy took a 78-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of Georgetown Day. Friendship Collegiate Academy's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Friendship Collegiate Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kahmya Dixon, who scored 27 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Dixon has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. Jonae McKnight was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with six assists and six rebounds.
Georgetown Day's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nevaeh Roberson led the charge by dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Cai Roberson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Friendship Collegiate Academy's loss dropped their record down to 19-9. As for Georgetown Day, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Friendship Collegiate Academy is on the road again on Saturday and plays KIPP College Prep at 1:15 p.m. on February 24th. KIPP College Prep's defense has only allowed 26.7 points per game this season, so Friendship Collegiate Academy's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Georgetown Day, they will face off against Holton-Arms at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Georgetown Day's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight games.
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