Irvington Preparatory Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Park Tudor Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on March 9th. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Irvington Preparatory Academy walked away with it. They walked away with a 43-35 win over the Royals on Saturday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Irvington Preparatory Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Major Davis, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Davis is crushing the block category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Gideon Ohuabunwa, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Park Tudor had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.2 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They came out on top against University by a score of 63-56. Given Park Tudor's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while University is ranked 178th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Irvington Preparatory Academy is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Park Tudor, their win bumped their record up to 19-5.
Irvington Preparatory Academy was dealt a bruising 80-30 loss at the hands of Park Tudor when the teams last played back in January. Can Irvington Preparatory Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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