On Friday, the American Leadership Academy Patriots were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 37-36 to the Strom Thurmond Rebels.
Despite the loss, American Leadership Academy still got an impressive performance from Payton Miles, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Newton, who posted six points and five rebounds.
Landen Jones was the offensive standout of the game as he had 12 points and eight boards. Another player making a difference was AJ Walker, who earned seven points along with five assists and five rebounds.
American Leadership Academy dropped their record down to 4-12 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.6 points per game. As for Strom Thurmond, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-9.
American Leadership Academy has already played their next contest (against Batesburg-Leesville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Strom Thurmond will challenge Saluda at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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