Basketball Game Preview: Moon Area Tigers vs. Bethel Park Black Hawks

By Team Reports Mar 15, 2024, 2:18am

Preview: Moon Area Tigers vs. Bethel Park Black Hawks

The Moon Area Tigers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Bethel Park Black Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on March 15th. Hopefully Moon Area is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Pennsylvania (they are ranked fifth, while Bethel Park is ranked 140th).

Moon Area extended their postseason success on Tuesday against York Suburban. They blew past the Trojans 59-38.

Bethel Park has not done well against Fox Chapel recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Bethel Park snuck past Fox Chapel with a 48-43 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for Bethel Park.

Moon Area pushed their record up to 24-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.7 points per game. As for Bethel Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season.

Moon Area came up short against Bethel Park when the teams last played back in January of 2015, falling 73-66. Can Moon Area avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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