Academy Park is 0-7 against Bayard Rustin since February of 2017 but things could change on Saturday. The Academy Park Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Bayard Rustin Golden Knights at 12:15 p.m.
Academy Park fought the good fight in their overtime game against Penn Wood on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 54-52.
Meanwhile, Bayard Rustin waltzed into their matchup on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They snuck past the Blue Demons with a 41-37 win. Given the Golden Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Blue Demons are ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bayard Rustin's victory bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Academy Park, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.
Academy Park came up short against Bayard Rustin in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 37-30. Can Academy Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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