Basketball Game Preview: Upper Moreland Bears vs. Pennsbury Falcons

The Upper Moreland Bears will challenge the Pennsbury Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Upper Moreland's favor as the team sits on ten straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Pennsbury has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.

Last Saturday, Upper Moreland was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 64-60 to Central Bucks South. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (58), the Bears still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Pennsbury was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 54-48 to Abington. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 251st, while the Galloping Ghosts are ranked 118th).

Upper Moreland's defeat dropped their record down to 11-4. As for Pennsbury, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.