The Link Academy Lions will head out to face off against the Dynamic Prep Dynamic Prep on Friday.
Link Academy is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Utah Prep just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost to the Athletes on the road by a 65-49 margin. The loss was the Lions' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Dynamic Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They breezed by the Patriots to the tune of 75-34. The match marked Dynamic Prep's most dominant victory of the season so far.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Dynamic Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaden Toombs, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds. Toombs has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more rebounds the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jermaine O'Neal Jr., who went 6 for 9 en route to 14 points plus seven rebounds and two blocks.
Dynamic Prep smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Link Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-1. As for Dynamic Prep, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Link Academy skirted past Dynamic Prep 71-69 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Link Academy repeat their success, or does Dynamic Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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