Basketball Game Preview: Pulaski Academy Bruins vs. ESTEM Mets

Pulaski Academy and ESTEM are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2015, but not for long. The Pulaski Academy Bruins will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the ESTEM Mets at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

ESTEM is facing Pulaski Academy at the wrong time: Pulaski Academy suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 64-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.

Meanwhile, ESTEM entered their tilt with Nashville on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Scrappers as they made off with a 72-46 win. While the Mets didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-23), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Pulaski Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2. As for ESTEM, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6.

Pulaski Academy was able to grind out a solid win over ESTEM in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, winning 58-51. Does Pulaski Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will ESTEM turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.