The Pirates Daily Preview for Monday, February 22 is a light one as we just have the basketball programs in action.
Girl’s Basketball: At Haddon Township at 5:30pm.
Game Preview Capsule: Girl’s basketball begins its final week of the regular season with an away game at Haddon Township tonight at 5:30pm. The Pirates come into this game with an 18-5 overall record, a 7-1 mark in the Freedom Division and have already won the Freedom title.
The Pirates are riding a four-game win streak and are preparing to play as the one-seed in the South, Group 2 Tournament in March. Senior Marisa DiLeo is just 18 points from 1,000 for her career after dropping 19 in a 66-42 win over Burlington Township on Friday night. DiLeo will look to join three other players from the girl’s basketball program who are members of the 1,000-point club.
Haddon Township comes into this game with a mark of 15-8. The Hawks are also riding a four-game win streak after dropping a 38-32 game to the Pirates back on February 6. The Hawks will be the four-seed in the South, Group 1 Tournament next week.
In their previous meeting, the Pirates were led by DiLeo (13 points) and Maddie Ogden (11 points).
Boy’s Basketball: Home vs Montgomery at 6:15pm.
Game Preview Capsule: Boy’s basketball comes into tonight’s contest with a 16-6 record after taking down Burlington Township 72-52 on Friday night. Will Cabbler led the way with 20 points as four players scored in double digits. The Pirates enjoyed a 3-0 week with wins against Holy Cross and Pennsauken Tech to go along with the victory over the Falcons.
Cinnaminson has three games left this week on the regular season schedule and is preparing to play as the five-seed in the South, Group 2 Tournament that begins on March 1. The Pirates have won five of their last six games. Their lone loss during that span came against Glassboro, 72-50.
Montgomery enters this game with a 13-7 record and lost their last game, 54-42, to Bridgewater-Raritan on Thursday. Montgomery has secured the eight-seed in the Central, Group 4 Tournament.
These two teams have not met within the last eight seasons.
Cinn City Sports will have coverage of girl’s basketball at Haddon Township beginning at 5:30pm. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for live updates throughout the game.
