Basketball Game Preview: Purdue Poly Englewood vs. KIPP Legacy Lions

By Team Reports Feb 11, 2024, 3:05am

Preview: Purdue Poly Englewood vs. KIPP Legacy Lions

Purdue Poly Englewood will head out on the road to square off against the KIPP Legacy Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Purdue Poly Englewood has five straight wins, KIPP Legacy has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Even though Lafayette Jefferson scored an imposing 63 points back in January, Purdue Poly Englewood still came out on top. Purdue Poly Englewood walked away with a 70-63 victory over Lafayette Jefferson.

Meanwhile, KIPP Legacy pushed their score all the way to 59 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 65-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of Traders Point Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), KIPP Legacy still had to take the loss.

Purdue Poly Englewood's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points per game. As for KIPP Legacy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-11 record this season.