The West Philadelphia Speedboys will venture away from home to square off against the Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, West Philadelphia made off with a 57-56 victory over Carver High School of Engineering & Science. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Speedboys.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sankofa Freedom Academy). They put the hurt on Frankford with a sharp 66-41 win on Monday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Pioneers are ranked 514th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Philadelphia better keep an eye on Nafis Dubose. He was instrumental in Sankofa Freedom Academy's win, going 9 of 12 en route to 23 points and four steals. Those four steals gave Dubose a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Asim Hardy, who posted eight points and six assists.
Sankofa Freedom Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Frankford only posted four assists.
Sankofa Freedom Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.3 points per game. As for West Philadelphia, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
West Philadelphia was able to grind out a solid win over Sankofa Freedom Academy when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 54-47. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Philadelphia since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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