Basketball Game Preview: The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria Phoenix vs. Scholars Academy

The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Scholars Academy is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria Phoenix will welcome Scholars Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have allowed few points on average, (The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria: 27.1, Scholars Academy: 24.2) so any points scored will be well earned.

Last Saturday, everything went The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria's way against Queens Teaching as The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria made off with a 47-25 victory. The Phoenix have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Scholars Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Aviation last Saturday, taking the game 49-38. Given Scholars Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while Aviation is ranked 476th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Scholars Academy's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria, their win bumped their record up to 12-0.