Basketball Game Preview: Academic Magnet Raptors vs. Stratford Knights

The Academic Magnet Raptors will venture away from home to challenge the Stratford Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.

Academic Magnet is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Waccamaw on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Academic Magnet had to suffer through a 53-26 loss at the hands of Waccamaw. The Raptors were down 45-15 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Meanwhile, Stratford came up short against Timberland on Tuesday and fell 64-53.

Stratford now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Academic Magnet, they now also have a losing record at 4-5.

Academic Magnet barely slipped by Stratford when the teams last played back in December of 2018, winning 37-36. Does Academic Magnet have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stratford turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.