Poly lost against McDonogh back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Poly Engineers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to the McDonogh Eagles. The Engineers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Poly's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brianna Pope, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds, and London Elliot, who posted 13 points along with eight boards and three steals. Pope is becoming a predictor of Poly's success: when she posts at least eight rebounds the team is 4-1 (and 6-7 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Alexis Smothers, who earned 11 points and four steals.
Poly's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for McDonogh, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
When Poly and McDonogh next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Poly will try to stop City College's three-game winning streak when the meet on Thursday. Meanwhile, McDonogh will square off against St. Frances Academy and their four-game winning streak at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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