Two dominant guards in Alantay Dawson and Miguel Rosa Jr are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Constitution Generals are taking a road trip to square off against the Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Saturday, Constitution came up short against Imhotep Charter and fell 57-48. While losing is never fun, the Generals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Panthers are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, Abraham Lincoln also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Audenried by a score of 79-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Railsplitters still had to take the loss.
Constitution will need focus on slowing down Jayden Ortiz-Muhammad, one of several Abraham Lincoln players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 22 points. The dominant performance gave Ortiz-Muhammad a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Rosa Jr, who scored 18 points.
Abraham Lincoln has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Constitution, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-9.
Constitution came up short against Abraham Lincoln in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 83-72. Thankfully for Constitution, Malachi Montgomery (who put up 35 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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