The Aquinas Academy Crusaders's road trip will continue as they head out to face Neighborhood Academy on February 21st. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard on Wednesday.
With a playoff game on the line, Aquinas Academy rose to the challenge on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 84-50 victory over the Trojans. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-29.
Meanwhile, Neighborhood Academy put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season last Thursday. They blew past Summit Academy 69-26 at home. Given Neighborhood Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 190th, while Summit Academy is ranked 628th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aquinas Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Neighborhood Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-5.
Aquinas Academy lost to Neighborhood Academy on the road by a decisive 73-57 margin in their previous matchup back in January. Can Aquinas Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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