Basketball Game Preview: Poly Engineers vs. City College Black Knights

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Previous Games

03/01/24 - Neutral	66-28 W
02/09/24 - Away	75-15 W
03/01/23 - Neutral	77-32 W
12/16/22 - Home	86-15 W
02/03/20 - Neutral	71-41 W
+ 5 more games

Poly is 10-0 against City College since January of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Poly Engineers will challenge the City College Black Knights. Poly knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully City College likes a good challenge.

On Monday, Poly was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to McDonogh. The Engineers haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Despite the loss, Poly had strong showings from Brianna Pope, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds, and London Elliot, who posted 13 points along with eight boards and three steals. Poly is 4-1 when Pope posts eight or more boards, but 6-7 otherwise. Alexis Smothers was another key player, putting up 11 points and four steals.

Meanwhile, City College had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 47-40 victory over the Raiders.

City College has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.2 points per game. As for Poly, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Everything came up roses for Poly against City College in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as the team secured a 66-28 win. Does Poly have another victory up their sleeve, or will City College turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.