Basketball Game Preview: Strawberry Mansion Knights vs. Olney Trojans

Having just played yesterday, the Strawberry Mansion Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Olney Trojans at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Monday, Strawberry Mansion was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 45-44 to Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. The Knights have struggled against the Rockets recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Meanwhile, Olney was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 60-58 heartbreaker at the hands of Frankford. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Trojans still had to take the loss.

Olney's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Strawberry Mansion, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.

Strawberry Mansion took a serious blow against Olney in their previous matchup back in December of 2022, falling 79-44. Can Strawberry Mansion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.