Basketball Game Preview: Morrisania Lions vs. Mott Haven Mavericks

After both having extra time off, the Morrisania Lions and the Mott Haven Mavericks will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Morrisania will be strutting in after a victory while Mott Haven will be coming in after a defeat.

Morrisania is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Morris to the tune of 53-9 two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, Mott Haven's undefeated season came to an end after four games last Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 36-35 to Young Women's Leadership. The loss was the Mavericks' first of the season.

The win got Morrisania back to even at 2-2. As for Mott Haven, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-1.

Morrisania was dealt a bruising 56-28 defeat at the hands of Mott Haven in their previous matchup back in February. Can Morrisania avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.