The Constitution Generals will take on the Strawberry Mansion Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Constitution's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Strawberry Mansion has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
On Friday, Constitution needed a bit of extra time to put away Sankofa Freedom Academy. They snuck past the Warriors with a 69-63 win.
Alantay Dawson
| 02/21/25 vs Sankofa Freedom Academy | 71% |
| 02/13/25 @ Samuel Fels | 36% |
| 02/11/25 vs Paul Robeson | 38% |
| 02/07/25 vs Frankford | 100% |
| 01/28/25 @ Abraham Lincoln | 56% |
| + 19 more games |
Alantay Dawson and Nick Young were among the main playmakers for Constitution as the former went 12-for-17 en route to 29 points and five rebounds and the latter went 8-for-11 on his way to 23 points and seven boards. Thanks to that strong game, Dawson now owns an excellent 45.4% shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Rahleem Brown, who posted two points.
Meanwhile, Strawberry Mansion played a tough matchup on February 7th in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 76-43 loss at the hands of West Philadelphia. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 475th, while the Speedboys are ranked 119th).
Constitution will need to focus on slowing down Shamar Davis, one of several Strawberry Mansion players who made an impact when they last played. He scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jhameil Kelly, who had ten points.
Constitution has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points over those games. Strawberry Mansion's defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Constitution didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Strawberry Mansion in their previous meeting back in February of 2021, but they still walked away with a 64-60 victory. Will Constitution repeat their success, or does Strawberry Mansion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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