Basketball Recap: Pine Grove Comes Up Short

If Pine Grove was riding high fresh off their 64-30 takedown of Belmont on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Panthers took a 59-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Mountain Cougars on Thursday. The Panthers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Cougars apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February.

Pine Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Blue Mountain, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.

Coming up, Pine Grove will venture away from home to face off against Kossuth at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Blue Mountain, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Smithville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.