Basketball Game Preview: Uniontown Red Raiders vs. Lincoln Park Performing Arts

By Team Reports Mar 10, 2024, 1:29am

Preview: Uniontown Red Raiders vs. Lincoln Park Performing Arts

The Uniontown Red Raiders will face off against Lincoln Park Performing Arts on Tuesday. Uniontown is looking to tack on another W to their 13-game streak on the road dating back to last season.

With a playoff game on the line, Uniontown rose to the challenge on Friday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 67-33 victory over the Eagles. Uniontown has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matches by 22 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Uniontown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jamire Braxton, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Braxton has been hot recently, having posted 19 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Calvin Winfrey, who scored 11 points along with six assists and four steals.

Meanwhile, Lincoln Park Performing Arts came tearing into Friday's matchup with 15 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They strolled past Montour with points to spare, taking the game 73-56. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

Uniontown is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Lincoln Park Performing Arts, their win bumped their record up to 24-3.

Uniontown came up short against Lincoln Park Performing Arts in their previous meeting back in February, falling 74-63. Can Uniontown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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