Basketball Recap: Sickles Picks Up Eighth Consecutive Victory

Gryphons

Margin (Wins)

11/22/24 vs Jefferson	53
12/13/24 vs Steinbrenner	48
01/10/25 @ Robinson	40
01/17/25 @ Durant	38
01/01/25 vs Largo	36

Sickles entered their tilt with Sumner on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Sumner Stingrays with a sharp 91-71 victory. The Gryphons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.

Sickles' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Eddy Hernandez led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 23 points and nine boards. Hernandez's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jackson Byam, who went 7 of 9 en route to 16 points.

Sickles was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sumner only posted one assist.

Sumner lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Bennard Anson, who went 8 for 11 on his way to 21 points. The dominant performance gave Anson a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Immanuel Kelly, who went 6 of 13 en route to 16 points.

Sickles has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.7 points per game. As for Sumner, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-11.

Sickles will square off against Largo at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sickles is facing Largo at the right time seeing as Largo is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Sumner does not have any more games scheduled as of now.