After soaring to 62 points the game before, Rooted School was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They were beaten by the Phalen Leadership Academy Falcon 67-16. The matchup marked the Royals' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Zinan Taylor was his usual excellent self, going 7 for 12 en route to 15 points and four steals for Phalen Leadership Academy. Taylor's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brenton Smith, who posted eight points and three steals.
Rooted School dropped their record down to 4-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Phalen Leadership Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-10.
Rooted School has already played their next contest (against Central Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Phalen Leadership Academy will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against Irvington Preparatory Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Phalen Leadership Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.
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