Basketball Game Preview: Mountain Island Charter Raptors vs. Corvian Community Cardinals

The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will challenge the Corvian Community Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Island Charter has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Mountain Island Charter will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 32-point drubbing they dealt Langtree Charter Academy on Tuesday. Mountain Island Charter breezed by Langtree Charter Academy to the tune of 52-20. With the Raptors ahead 34-5 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Reagan Hart had a dynamite game for Mountain Island Charter, almost dropping a triple-double on 15 points, nine assists, and ten steals. With that strong performance, Hart is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. Kayla Fudge was another key player, putting up eight points and 11 boards.

Hart wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Mountain Island Charter was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Corvian Community was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a 58-24 loss at the hands of Christ the King. The Cardinals were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 37-14.

Mountain Island Charter's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-9. As for Corvian Community, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.

Mountain Island Charter came up short against Corvian Community when the teams last played back in January, falling 37-29. Will Mountain Island Charter have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.