Sankofa Freedom Academy is 1-9 against Constitution since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Sankofa Freedom Academy Warriors are on the road again and plays the Constitution Generals at 6:00 p.m. on February 29th. Hopefully Sankofa Freedom Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 two weeks ago.
Sankofa Freedom Academy and Math Civics & Sciences squared off in some playoff action two weeks ago, but sadly Sankofa Freedom Academy had to settle for second. They took a hard 63-48 fall against the Mighty Elephants. While losing is never fun, Sankofa Freedom Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Math Civics & Sciences is ranked 55th).
Despite the loss, Sankofa Freedom Academy saw an underclassman step up: Nafise Dubose scored 17 points along with four steals. Kaden Stewart was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Constitution at home against Paul Robeson on Tuesday as the team secured a 77-40 victory.
Kyree Latimer continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points along with four steals. Another player making a difference was Amir Speights, who scored 14 points along with five assists and four steals.
Sankofa Freedom Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 11-14. As for Constitution, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-6.
Sankofa Freedom Academy lost to Constitution on the road by a decisive 73-54 margin in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Constitution's Perry Fields, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Sankofa Freedom Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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