The fifth game at the MLK Day Showdown at Providence features a quality matchup between the JW North Huskies of Riverside and the Palisades Dolphins.

JW North enters with a 16-3 record while Palisades holds a 14-6 mark coming into today.

Both teams play tough defense, forcing the opposition to work for every basket. Open looks were hard to come by in the first quarter with Palisades holding a slim 10-9 lead until Ohio State football commit Marcus Baugh threw down a vicious dunk to give JW North an 11-10 advantage after a quarter.

The third matchup at the MLK Showdown at Providence featured the La Verne Lutheran Trojans against the View Park Knights.

Lutheran entered the contest 17-6 while View Park came in with a 15-9 mark.

The Trojans jumped out to a big first quarter lead with strong play from Jay Miller, McKay Anderson, Skyler WIlliams and Joseph Rushing. Lutheran built a 26-12 advantage at the end of a quarter.