Taylor Drops 40 as Experience Academy Makes Its Presence Felt at Fork Union
Mickell Taylor’s 40-point performance and All-Tournament recognition headline a strong road showing against a nationally recognized postgraduate program.
FORK UNION, Va. — Experience Academy left Fork Union Military Academy with a loss, but the Kings also left with a performance worth noticing. Led by 40 points from Mickell Taylor, EA challenged the host Blue Devils on November 7 in a game recorded as a 98–87 defeat in Experience Academy’s supplied statistics.
Taylor’s scoring accounted for nearly 46 percent of the Kings’ 87 points. He finished 2-for-3 at the free-throw line, meaning 38 of his points came from field goals. Against an established postgraduate opponent, that production gave Experience Academy a clear offensive centerpiece.
His showing also brought recognition beyond the EA bench: Fork Union’s published tournament recap lists Taylor among the Fork Union Classic All-Tournament Team selections.
D’Quill Osbey added 16 points and Garrett Hemry scored 13, giving the Kings three double-figure scorers. Together, Taylor, Osbey and Hemry supplied 69 points. TJ Tunstall contributed eight, Zeb Aulenbach added six and Rashaan Watson finished with four.
Experience Academy’s team report lists a 63.3 percent effective field-goal percentage. That measure gives additional weight to three-point baskets; it is not the same as standard field-goal percentage. The figure highlights the value EA generated from its shooting against a challenging opponent.
The Kings also gave Fork Union a late test. In the host school’s account, Experience Academy cut the deficit to five points late before the Blue Devils secured the win. Fork Union improved to 4–0 with the result.
The opponent’s national credentials provide context for the showing. Fork Union finished No. 39 in NEPrepBasketball.net’s final 2025–26 national computer rankings, published March 15, 2026. That is a previous-season ranking, rather than a confirmed ranking for the current team.
For Experience Academy, the result offered both encouragement and a standard to build toward. Taylor delivered a standout individual performance, two teammates joined him in double figures, and the Kings made an unbeaten host work to finish the game. The next challenge is turning that level of production into a winning result.
Experience Academy scoring
| Player | Points | Free throws |
|---|---|---|
| Mickell Taylor | 40 | 2–3 |
| D’Quill Osbey | 16 | 0–0 |
| Garrett Hemry | 13 | 2–5 |
| TJ Tunstall | 8 | 0–0 |
| Zeb Aulenbach | 6 | 0–2 |
| Rashaan Watson | 4 | 2–3 |
| Noah Melton | 0 | 0–0 |
| Jalan Lillie | 0 | 0–0 |
| Jomir Johnson | 0 | 0–0 |
| Total | 87 | 6–13 |