Basketball Recap: Middletown Picks Up Seventh Consecutive Victory

Blue Raiders

Previous Games

01/23/25 vs East Pennsboro	57-28
01/21/25 @ Gettysburg	59-27
01/17/25 vs Shippensburg	63-26
01/14/25 @ Greencastle-Antrim	52-26
01/11/25 vs Wyomissing	62-40
+ 2 more games

Middletown waltzed into their game on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 57-28 victory over the East Pennsboro Panthers. Given the Blue Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Panthers are ranked 610th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Middletown pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for East Pennsboro, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Middletown has already played their next contest (against West Perry), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. East Pennsboro will challenge Northern York at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.