Basketball Game Preview: St. Paul Academy-Summit Spartans vs. Math & Science Academy Dragons

By Team Reports Feb 11, 2024, 2:40am

Preview: St. Paul Academy-Summit Spartans vs. Math & Science Academy Dragons

St. Paul Academy-Summit has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Math & Science Academy Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in St. Paul Academy-Summit's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 contests.

Last Wednesday, St. Paul Academy-Summit beat Roosevelt by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 63-52. Given St. Paul Academy-Summit's advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while Roosevelt is ranked 232nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Math & Science Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 67-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Liberty Classical Academy/Chesterton Academy/Schleusener HomeSchool. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

St. Paul Academy-Summit is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Math & Science Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.

St. Paul Academy-Summit beat Math & Science Academy 61-50 in their previous matchup back in March of 2021. Will St. Paul Academy-Summit repeat their success, or does Math & Science Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.