The Africentric Early College Nubians will take on the Lincoln Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, Africentric Early College took their matchup with ease, bagging a 67-22 win over South. The Nubians have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 contests by 30 points or more this season.
| 01/31/25 vs South | 19 |
| 01/28/25 @ Walnut Ridge | 39 |
| 01/25/25 vs Westerville South | 16 |
| 01/24/25 @ Eastmoor Academy | 33 |
Africentric Early College can attribute much of their success to Jae?Veyonna Brown, who posted 19 points and six rebounds, and Shaunie Little, who put up 15 points and four steals. Brown's evening made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aries Grant, who earned 11 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln). Everything went their way against New Albany on Friday as Lincoln made off with a 70-45 victory. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Eagles are ranked 404th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Africentric Early College is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.2 points per game. As for Lincoln, they pushed their record up to 12-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Africentric Early College came up short against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, falling 58-47. Will Africentric Early College have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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