Basketball Game Preview: Academy Park Knights vs. Penn Wood Patriots

The Academy Park Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Penn Wood Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Academy Park will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.

Academy Park is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Chichester: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Academy Park blew Chichester out of the water with a 60-16 final score. With the Knights ahead 40-5 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Meanwhile, Penn Wood strolled past Interboro with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 58-39. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.

Academy Park is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.4 points per game. As for Penn Wood, their victory bumped their record up to 7-9.

Academy Park strolled past Penn Wood in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a score of 63-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Academy Park since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.