Basketball Game Preview: Overbrook Panthers vs. Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas

The Overbrook Panthers will face off against the Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Overbrook is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.8 points per game this season.

Overbrook is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Sankofa Freedom Academy just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 53-44 to the Warriors.

Overbrook might have lost, but man, Jalen Holmes was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 23 points and 15 rebounds. That was a full 52.3% of Overbrook's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Jasir Holmes was another key player, putting up eight points and three steals.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett played in conference for the first time on Tuesday and they got just the result they we're looking for. They escaped with a win against Abraham Lincoln by the margin of a single free throw, 53-52.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-7. As for Overbrook, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.

Overbrook strolled past Mastery Charter North - Pickett in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a score of 76-61. Will Overbrook repeat their success, or does Mastery Charter North - Pickett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.