The Africentric Early College Nubians will challenge the Lincoln Lions at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday. Africentric Early College is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 17 games.
On Friday, Africentric Early College beat South 45-32. The 45-point effort marked the Nubians' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Lincoln can bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past New Albany 48-46. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Eagles are ranked 27th).
Lincoln's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-9. As for Africentric Early College, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-1.
Africentric Early College strolled past Lincoln in their previous meeting back in January of 2018 by a score of 61-46. Will Africentric Early College repeat their success, or does Lincoln have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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