The West Philadelphia Speedboys will head out on the road to face off against the Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in West Philadelphia's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups.
Last Thursday, West Philadelphia was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 63-62 to Sankofa Freedom Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Speedboys still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Mastery Charter North - Pickett was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 70-62 to Samuel Fels. While losing is never fun, the Pumas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 412th, while the Panthers are ranked 127th).
Mastery Charter North - Pickett's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for West Philadelphia, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.
West Philadelphia strolled past Mastery Charter North - Pickett when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a score of 75-59. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Philadelphia since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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