Basketball Recap: Dunbar Extends Winning Streak to 11

Poets

Previous Games

02/18/25 vs Mergenthaler Vo-Tech	64-61
02/13/25 @ Lake Clifton	63-36
02/11/25 @ Coppin Academy	91-45
02/10/25 vs Green Street Academy	78-59
02/06/25 vs Benjamin Franklin	52-48
+ 6 more games

Dunbar waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs 64-61. Given the Poets' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Mustangs are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Dunbar's win bumped their record up to 18-2. As for Mergenthaler Vo-Tech, they dropped their record down to 13-9 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Dunbar does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Mergenthaler Vo-Tech has already played their next match (against Patterson), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.