Basketball Preview: West Branch Warriors vs. Glendale Vikings
West Branch is 0-10 against the Vikings since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The West Branch Warriors will look to defend their home court against the Glendale Vikings at 6:30 p.m. West Branch will be strutting in after a victory while the Vikings will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, West Branch humbled the Golden Tide with a 49-18 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for West Branch.
Meanwhile, Glendale struggled with assists on Thursday (the Blue Pirates had 14 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Glendale was outmatched by the Blue Pirates at home and fell 60-15. While losing is never fun, Glendale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 603rd, while the Blue Pirates are ranked 97th).
Despite the loss, Glendale got a solid performance out of Madison Peterson, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 100% of Glendale's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
West Branch has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Glendale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-15.
West Branch came up short against the Vikings when the teams last played back in January, falling 43-37. Will West Branch have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
