The Mastery Charter North - Pickett Pumas will take on Audenried at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mastery Charter North - Pickett sitting on three straight victories and Audenried on six.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Mastery Charter North - Pickett walked away with it. They came out on top against the Griffin by a score of 45-38 on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given Mastery Charter North - Pickett's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 279th, while Academy at Palumbo is ranked 123rd).
Meanwhile, Audenried stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Northeast 82-31 at home. Audenried pushed the score to 72-16 by the end of the third, a deficit Northeast cut but never quite recovered from.
Audenried's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aniyah Howard, who scored 20 points, and Shayla Smith, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds. Howard is trending in the right direction, as she's improved her point production for four games straight. Heaven Reese was another key contributor, scoring five points along with 12 rebounds and six assists.
Mastery Charter North - Pickett's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 13-11. As for Audenried, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5.
Mastery Charter North - Pickett was taken down by Audenried 75-38 in their previous matchup back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mastery Charter North - Pickett was down 35-15.
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