Basketball Recap: Tyrone Sets Scoring Season-High Against Philipsburg-Osceola

Golden Eagles

Team Score

01/23/25 @ Philipsburg-Osceola	67
12/13/24 @ Bellefonte	60
01/13/25 vs Bellwood-Antis	56
12/28/24 vs Penn Cambria	56
12/18/24 vs Clearfield	56

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tyrone). They claimed a resounding 67-37 victory over the Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 46-15.

When it comes to explaining why Philipsburg-Osceola lost on Thursday, don't look at Maddy Malinich. Despite the final result, she posted 16 points and three steals. That was a full 43.2% of Philipsburg-Osceola's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaycie Hughes, who had eight points.

Tyrone has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Philipsburg-Osceola, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.

Tyrone will look to defend their home court on Monday against Penns Valley Area at 7:30 p.m. As for Philipsburg-Osceola, they will venture away from home to take on Huntingdon at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.