The Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Titans will take on the Venture Academy Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy is coming into the match on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They enjoyed a cozy 43-26 victory over River Islands on Friday. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by exactly 17 points.
Meanwhile, Venture Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They breezed by the Eagles to the tune of 53-26. That looming 53-26 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Mustangs yet this season.
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy better keep an eye on Kelyiana Neal. She was instrumental in Venture Academy's win, dropping a double-double on 33 points and ten steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Neal has scored at least a third of Venture Academy's points. Kimora Crawford was another key player, putting up six points along with 17 boards and six steals.
Venture Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-9. As for Venture Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy beat Venture Academy 36-24 in their previous matchup back in December of 2017. Will Aspire Langston Hughes Academy repeat their success, or does Venture Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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