Basketball Game Preview: Academy for Urban Scholars Hawks vs. McKinley Trojans

The Academy for Urban Scholars Hawks will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the McKinley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 15 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Academy for Urban Scholars and nine for McKinley dating back to last season.

Academy for Urban Scholars is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against East Palestine last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Academy for Urban Scholars was dealt a 60-9 defeat at the hands of East Palestine. The game marked the Hawks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Meanwhile, McKinley was beaten by Western Reserve 63-22 on Monday.

Academy for Urban Scholars' loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for McKinley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.