The John Adams Academy Patriots pushed their score all the way to 69 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Florin by a score of 71-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (68), John Adams Academy still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, John Adams Academy still got an impressive performance from Isaiah McKee, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 44.9% of John Adams Academy's points, marking the eighth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Luciano Allen, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds.
John Adams Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season. As for Florin, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-13.
John Adams Academy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against the Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on January 30th. One thing working in Elite's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five contests. As for Florin, they will head out on the road to take on the Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Valley comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
