Basketball Game Preview: Philadelphia Academy Charter Chargers vs. Masterman

The Philadelphia Academy Charter Chargers will head out on the road to face off against Masterman at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Philadelphia Academy Charter knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Masterman likes a good challenge.

On Tuesday, everything went Philadelphia Academy Charter's way against First Philadelphia Prep as Philadelphia Academy Charter made off with a 57-37 victory. The Chargers pushed the score to 48-22 by the end of the third, a deficit First Philadelphia Prep cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, Masterman was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Belmont Charter, falling 49-29.

Philadelphia Academy Charter is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.7 points per game. As for Masterman, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.

Philadelphia Academy Charter suffered a grim 55-31 defeat to Masterman in their previous meeting back in January of 2015. Can Philadelphia Academy Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.