Basketball Game Preview: Quality Education Academy Fighting Pharaohs vs. Mt. Zion Prep Academy Warriors

By Team Reports Mar 2, 2024, 8:37am

Preview: Quality Education Academy Fighting Pharaohs vs. Mt. Zion Prep Academy Warriors

The Quality Education Academy Fighting Pharaohs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Mt. Zion Prep Academy Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on March 2nd. Quality Education Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 60th in North Carolina, while Mt. Zion Prep Academy is ranked fifth in Maryland).

Quality Education Academy pushed their score all the way to 55 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They lost to NC GBB Academy National on the road by a decisive 71-55 margin.

Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mt. Zion Prep Academy can now relate to. They took a 61-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Falcons on Friday.

The losing side was boosted by Jniya Weaver, who scored 22 points. Another player making a difference was Sarah Conteh, who scored eight points.

Quality Education Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-11 record this season. As for Mt. Zion Prep Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-15.

Quality Education Academy lost to Mt. Zion Prep Academy on the road by a decisive 66-52 margin in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mt. Zion Prep Academy's Makyiah Ward, who scored 18 points. Now that Quality Education Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.

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