Harding scored the most points they've had this season on Monday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of the Platt Panthers by a score of 82-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (62), the Presidents still had to take the loss.
Several Presidents players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Andre Taylor, who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Shamir Smith, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.

Presidents
01/13/24 @ Immaculate | 21 |
01/20/25 @ Platt | 19 |
01/11/25 @ Westhill | 17 |
01/18/25 vs Bullard-Havens | 15 |
01/06/24 vs Weston | 12 |
Even though they lost, Harding was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January of 2024.
Harding's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Platt, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-3.
Harding didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 74-63 loss against Seymour on the 21st. Platt has also already played their next matchup (against Waterbury Career Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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