The Martin Luther King Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Tacony Academy Charter Lions at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Martin Luther King has three straight victories, Tacony Academy Charter has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Martin Luther King sidestepped Vaux Big Picture for a 39-37 win.
Kyle Baylor and Benito Scott were among the main playmakers for Martin Luther King as the former scored ten points and the latter scored ten points. The match was Baylor's third in a row with at least ten points. Adrese Hill was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Tacony Academy Charter had to settle for a 43-41 defeat against Philadelphia Electric Charter on Thursday.
Martin Luther King's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Tacony Academy Charter, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 0-6.
