Basketball Game Preview: Shade Panthers vs. Blacklick Valley Vikings

Shade and Blacklick Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Shade Panthers will take on the Blacklick Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Shade has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Blacklick Valley will arrive with ten straight victories.

Last Wednesday, Shade came up short against Meyersdale and fell 43-35.

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Blacklick Valley's strategy against Northern Cambria on Monday. Blacklick Valley put the hurt on Northern Cambria with a sharp 53-31 win. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matches by 21 points or more this season.

Blacklick Valley's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.3 points. As for Shade, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.

Shade took a serious blow against Blacklick Valley when the teams last played back in January, falling 62-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blacklick Valley's Kristin Szymusiak, who went 9 for 16 en route to 23 points and six steals. Now that Shade knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.