Shipley and Germantown Academy are an even 4-4 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. Shipley will head out on the road to square off against the Germantown Academy Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Germantown Academy took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Shipley, who comes in off a win.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Shipley had no problem doing just that on Friday. They slipped by the Rams 44-43. The victory was all the more spectacular given Shipley's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 79th, while Hill School is ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Germantown Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak last Monday. Their tough 60-39 defeat to Academy-Notre Dame De Namur might stick with them for a while.
Shipley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Germantown Academy, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-5.
Shipley took a serious blow against Germantown Academy in their previous meeting back in December of 2019, falling 70-38. Can Shipley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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