Basketball Game Preview: Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers vs. St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions

Georgetown Day hasn't had much luck against St. Andrew's Episcopal recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers will welcome the St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions at 5:45 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Georgetown Day is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They took a 72-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of Washington Leadership Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (58), the Mighty Hoppers still had to take the loss.

The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jibril Nashid, who posted 24 points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Christian Santos-Silva was another key player, going 8 for 20 on his way to 19 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.

Meanwhile, St. Andrew's Episcopal is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Potomac School. St. Andrew's Episcopal came out on top against Potomac School by a score of 63-52.

St. Andrew's Episcopal has also been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for Georgetown Day, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.

Georgetown Day was dealt a bruising 82-33 loss at the hands of St. Andrew's Episcopal in their previous matchup back in January. Will Georgetown Day have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.