Basketball Game Preview: Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers vs. Fairdale Bulldogs

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01/24/25 - Home	79-68 W
02/13/24 - Away	97-77 W
01/19/24 - Away	98-27 W
02/24/23 - Neutral	65-60 W
02/03/23 - Away	70-45 W
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Pleasure Ridge Park has gone a perfect 10-0 against Fairdale recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers will take on the Fairdale Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Pleasure Ridge Park is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Valley: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pleasure Ridge Park blew Valley out of the water with a 94-38 final score. With the Panthers ahead 68-22 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Meanwhile, Fairdale got the win against Holy Cross on Wednesday by a conclusive 68-45. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won four in a row.

Pleasure Ridge Park is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. Fairdale's victory bumped their record up to 21-9.

Pleasure Ridge Park beat Fairdale 79-68 when the teams last played back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Fairdale's Ferlandas Wright, who dropped a double-double with 31 points and 16 boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pleasure Ridge Park still be able to contain Wright? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.