Basketball Game Preview: Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas vs. Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors

The Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas will head out to take on the Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mastery Charter North - Pickett is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.9 points per game this season.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Science Leadership Academy at Beeber: they outscored them in every quarter. Mastery Charter North - Pickett enjoyed a cozy 57-42 win over Science Leadership Academy at Beeber on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pumas.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mastery Charter North - Pickett to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Mitchell, who posted 20 points. Another player making a difference was Savion Staten, who had 14 points.

Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Sankofa Freedom Academy rose to the challenge on Friday. They breezed by the Dragon to the tune of 64-37. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Dragon are ranked 548th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett better focus on containing Nafis Dubose and Asim Hardy as the pair were huge in Sankofa Freedom Academy's win. Dubose went 6 for 10 to rack up 18 points and four steals, while Hardy almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Nasir Brown, who put up eight points.

Sankofa Freedom Academy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points over those games. As for Mastery Charter North - Pickett, their record now sits at 8-13.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett came up short against Sankofa Freedom Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 64-51. Can Mastery Charter North - Pickett avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.