Basketball Game Preview: State College Little Lions vs. Central Dauphin East Panthers

The State College Little Lions will venture away from home to square off against the Central Dauphin East Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. State College is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.5 points per game this season.

State College is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Harrisburg just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 65-53 to the Cougars. While the Little Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cougars 17-8 in the first quarter.

Charlie Yartz put forth a good effort for the losing side as he posted 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Reed Melvin, who scored 13 points.

Meanwhile, Central Dauphin East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were one points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 66-65 heartbreaker at the hands of Altoona. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Having lost for the first time this season, State College fell to 3-1. As for Central Dauphin East, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.

State College was able to grind out a solid win over Central Dauphin East in their previous meeting back in February, winning 59-51. The rematch might be a little tougher for State College since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.