Basketball Game Preview: Meade Mustangs vs. Old Mill Patriots

By Team Reports Mar 2, 2024, 2:12am

Preview: Meade Mustangs vs. Old Mill Patriots

Meade is 8-2 against Old Mill since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Meade Mustangs will be playing at home against the Old Mill Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Thursday, Meade earned a 63-54 victory over Crofton.

Meade can attribute much of their success to Lucaya Baldridge, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 17 rebounds, and Keon Scott, who went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 30 points and 4 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Scott has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Kofi Mensah, who scored six points.

Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Old Mill walked away with it. They came out on top against the Gophers by a score of 67-60 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back wins for Old Mill.

Meade's victory bumped their record up to 16-7. As for Old Mill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-11 record this season.

Meade came up short against Old Mill in their previous matchup back in February, falling 61-55. Can Meade avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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