Basketball Preview: White Academy Knights vs. Washburn Pirates
The White Academy Knights will venture away from home to take on the Washburn Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
White Academy is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Clayton-Bradley Academy last Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. White Academy was dealt a 71-13 defeat at the hands of Clayton-Bradley Academy. The Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 45-2.
Meanwhile, Washburn came into Tuesday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Thomas Walker 55-17 on Tuesday. The Pirates pushed the score to 50-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pioneers had no chance of recovering from.
Matthew Harville went supernova for Washburn, going 12 for 20 en route to 28 points plus three steals and two blocks. Dillon Mullins was another key player, going 7 for 17 en route to 18 points plus four steals.
The victory got Washburn back to even at 1-1. As for White Academy, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.
White Academy was dealt a bruising 61-25 defeat at the hands of Washburn in their previous meeting back in February. Can White Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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