Basketball Recap: South Allegheny Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Win

Gladiators

Previous Games

01/10/25 @ South Park	38-31
01/07/25 vs Seton LaSalle	72-41
01/03/25 @ Apollo Ridge	82-41
12/28/24 vs West Mifflin	79-44
12/27/24 vs South Fayette	57-46
+ 4 more games

South Allegheny waltzed into their matchup on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 38-31 win over the South Park Eagles. Given the Gladiators' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Eagles are ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

South Allegheny's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points per game. As for South Park, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-3.

South Allegheny will face off against Baldwin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Park has already played their next contest (against Apollo Ridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.