Basketball Game Preview: Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas vs. West Philadelphia Speedboys

The Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas will face off against the West Philadelphia Speedboys at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They fell 70-62 to Samuel Fels. While losing is never fun, the Pumas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 412th, while the Panthers are ranked 127th).

Meanwhile, West Philadelphia was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 63-62 to Sankofa Freedom Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Speedboys still had to take the loss.

Mastery Charter North - Pickett's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for West Philadelphia, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Things could have been worse for Mastery Charter North - Pickett, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 75-59 loss to West Philadelphia when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will Mastery Charter North - Pickett have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.