Basketball Game Preview: Leadership Academy Falcons vs. Carver Yellowjackets

The Leadership Academy Falcons will face off against the Carver Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Leadership Academy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Carver will come in with four straight wins.

On Tuesday, Leadership Academy ended up a good deal behind College Prep & Leadership Academy and lost 46-31.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Carver against Piedmont Classical on Tuesday as the squad secured a 51-23 victory. The Yellowjackets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 20 points or more this season.

Carver is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Leadership Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-14.

Leadership Academy suffered a grim 39-19 defeat to Carver when the teams last played back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Leadership Academy was down 24-4.