Basketball Game Preview: Morrisville Bulldogs vs. Renaissance Academy Knights

Morrisville is 1-6 against Renaissance Academy since January of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Morrisville Bulldogs will challenge the Renaissance Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m.

Morrisville is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Calvary Christian Academy on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Morrisville was beaten by Calvary Christian Academy 55-28. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 602nd, while the Cougars are ranked 203rd).

Meanwhile, Renaissance Academy didn't have too much trouble with Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy on Tuesday as they won 36-19. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.

Renaissance Academy found their leader in freshman Raelyn Jones, who went 6 of 9 on her way to 17 points and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Dallis Stewart, who posted seven points along with six rebounds and four steals.

Renaissance Academy's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Morrisville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.

Morrisville was dealt a bruising 43-14 loss at the hands of Renaissance Academy in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Morrisville was down 35-8.