The Futures Knights extended their postseason success on Tuesday against the Orland Trojans. They came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 78-65. The victory was just what Futures needed coming off of a 67-47 loss in their prior matchup.
Deonta Dorrough continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 29 points and 13 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Daniel Kozlov was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
Orland's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Zach Story, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Story has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last eight times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jayden Thompson, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Futures is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-6 record this season. As for Orland, they dropped their record down to 18-12 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Futures will square off against San Domenico at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Futures focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Tuesday. Orland does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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