Basketball Preview: Harvest Prep Warriors vs. Africentric Early College Nubians
The Harvest Prep Warriors will take on the Africentric Early College Nubians in a tournament on Saturday. Harvest Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.4 points per game this season.
Harvest Prep and West Holmes met for a duel on Monday where Harvest Prep prevailed. Harvest Prep walked away with a 52-40 victory over West Holmes. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Harvest Prep's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maliyah Lofton, who went 8 for 15 en route to 20 points plus three steals, and Janay Carter, who went 6 for 8 en route to 12 points plus eight steals and six rebounds. Lofton's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Mo?Nae Gamble, who posted five points plus seven rebounds and five steals.
Harvest Prep smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Africentric Early College against Briggs on Friday as the squad secured an 81-18 win.
Africentric Early College now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Harvest Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Harvest Prep came up short against Africentric Early College in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, falling 41-37. Can Harvest Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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