Basketball Recap: Lane Allison's Big Game Can't Quite Lead West Greene over Chartiers-Houston

After flying high against Mapletown last Thursday, West Greene came back down to earth. The West Greene Pioneers fell 49-40 to the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 480th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 218th).

West Greene lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Lane Allison, who went 5 for 11 en route to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Wassil, who posted five points along with eight boards and three blocks.

Pioneers

Previous 5 Games

01/24/25 @ Chartiers-Houston	40-49
01/23/25 @ Mapletown	61-33
01/17/25 vs Carmichaels	74-45
01/14/25 vs Bethlehem Center	59-55
01/10/25 @ Fort Cherry	42-55

With the loss, West Greene broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-7. As for Chartiers-Houston, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 15-2.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Greene will welcome Jefferson-Morgan at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Greene is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season. As for Chartiers-Houston, they will be playing at home against Burgettstown at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.