Wake Prep Academy was the 58-49 winner over NCSSM: Durham when they last played one another last Friday, but their luck changed this time around. The Wake Prep Academy Guardians took a 68-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the NCSSM: Durham Unicorns on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (56), the Guardians still had to take the loss.
Josh Bracey
| 02/18/25 @ NCSSM: Durham | 62% |
| 12/17/24 vs Iron Academy | 60% |
| 12/04/24 @ Oxford Prep | 60% |
| 01/29/25 @ Research Triangle | 59% |
| 01/16/25 @ Franklin Academy | 56% |
Wake Prep Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Josh Bracey, who went 8-for-13 to rack up 18 points along with five assists and five boards. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in field goal percentage (62%). Another player making a difference was Myles Petersen, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.
Ethann Burkett continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for NCSSM: Durham, going 11-for-17 en route to 34 points. The match was Burkett's third in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Peng, who went 5-for-7 on his way to 14 points and six assists.
Wake Prep Academy's loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.8 points over those games. As for NCSSM: Durham, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-8.
Wake Prep Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 65-43 win against Excelsior Classical Academy on the 25th. As for NCSSM: Durham, they have also already played their next contest, an 86-51 defeat against Franklin Academy on the 22nd.
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