Basketball Game Preview: Cedar Crest Falcons vs. J.P. McCaskey Red Tornado

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Previous Games

12/17/24 - Away	57-42 W
01/12/24 - Neutral	40-29 W
01/11/24 - Home	40-29 W
02/07/23 - Neutral	43-27 W
01/12/23 - Away	55-51 W
+ 5 more games

Cedar Crest is 10-0 against J.P. McCaskey since February of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Cedar Crest Falcons will be playing in front of their home fans against the J.P. McCaskey Red Tornado at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Monday, Cedar Crest didn't have quite enough to beat Hempfield and fell 39-37. The defeat continues a trend for the Falcons in their matchups with the Black Knights: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, J.P. McCaskey had to suffer through a 82-39 loss at the hands of Lebanon. While losing is never fun, the Red Tornado can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 532nd, while the Cedars are ranked 41st).

Cedar Crest's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-6. As for J.P. McCaskey, they dropped their record down to 1-9 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.

Cedar Crest strolled past J.P. McCaskey in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a score of 57-42. Does Cedar Crest have another victory up their sleeve, or will J.P. McCaskey turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.