The West Philadelphia Speedboys will head out on the road to take on the Tacony Academy Charter Lions at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully West Philadelphia focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 17 on Monday.
West Philadelphia will head into Monday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 28-point they dealt Samuel Fels on Monday. West Philadelphia blew past Samuel Fels 66-38. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Speedboys had established a 26 point advantage.
West Philadelphia can attribute much of their success to Kashay Ryder, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 14 rebounds, and Badji Tall, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 15 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Ryder a new career-high in offensive rebounds (eight). Another player making a difference was Devin Sadat, who posted eight points.
Meanwhile, Tacony Academy Charter unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a hard 49-34 fall against Parkway West on Monday. The Lions' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it 11 in a row dating back to last season.
West Philadelphia's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.6 points. As for Tacony Academy Charter, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
West Philadelphia took a serious blow against Tacony Academy Charter when the teams last played back in February of 2019, falling 39-11. Can West Philadelphia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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