Basketball Preview: Academy Charter vs. Uniondale Knights
The Academy Charter Academy Charter will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Uniondale Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Academy Charter is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Longwood on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Academy Charter was outmatched by Longwood on the road and fell 57-23. Academy Charter was down 47-18 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Nihmot'Llah Nafiu, who scored eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaidyn Thomas, who had six points.
Meanwhile, Uniondale lost 54-31 to Brentwood on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly 23 points.
Academy Charter's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Uniondale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Academy Charter was dealt a bruising 65-10 defeat at the hands of Uniondale when the teams last played back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Academy Charter was down 39-7.
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