The Martin Luther King Cougars will challenge the Maritime Academy Charter Seadogs at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Maritime Academy Charter took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Martin Luther King, who comes in off a win.
Maritime Academy Charter will be up against a hot Martin Luther King squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Martin Luther King snuck past High School of the Future with a 45-41 victory on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Maritime Academy Charter played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 76-56 to Hill Freedman World Academy. While losing is never fun, the Seadogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 579th, while Hill Freedman World Academy are ranked 269th).
Martin Luther King will have to contain Jadin Aviles as he made an impact in Maritime Academy Charter's last game. He went 10 of 21 on his way to 25 points and five steals. Aviles is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayriel Arroyo, who posted 14 points in addition to five boards and four steals.
Even though they lost, Maritime Academy Charter smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in nine consecutive matchups.
Maritime Academy Charter's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-11. As for Martin Luther King, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Martin Luther King strolled past Maritime Academy Charter when the teams last played back in February of 2021 by a score of 55-41. Does Martin Luther King have another victory up their sleeve, or will Maritime Academy Charter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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