Basketball Preview: Pennington Red Raiders vs. Shipley
The Pennington Red Raiders will look to defend their home court on Monday against Shipley at 5:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Pennington stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Division 66-42.
Meanwhile, Shipley ended up a good deal behind the on Thursday and lost 75-57.
Despite the loss, Shipley got a solid performance out of Will Littles, Jr, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Littles, Jr has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Matt Lange, who scored 14 points.
Pennington has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Shipley, they dropped their record down to 4-14 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Pennington opened the new year with a less-than-successful 56-49 defeat to the. Thankfully for Pennington, Imanuel Jackson (who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
