Basketball Game Preview: Sidwell Friends Quakers vs. Mt. Zion Prep Academy Warriors

The Sidwell Friends Quakers will square off against the Mt. Zion Prep Academy Warriors at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Sidwell Friends is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Flint Hill, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Sidwell Friends was ranked seventh). Sidwell Friends fell just short of Flint Hill by a score of 60-57 on Friday. The Quakers' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.

Meanwhile, Mt. Zion Prep Academy escaped with a win on Saturday against Huntington Expression Prep by the margin of a single free throw, 58-57.

Mt. Zion Prep Academy's win bumped their record up to 17-3. As for Sidwell Friends, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 14-5.