Preview: Egg Harbor Township Eagles vs. Middle Township Panthers
The Egg Harbor Township Eagles will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Middle Township Panthers at 5:30 p.m. The timing isn't great for Egg Harbor Township: they have been struggling with five straight losses at home, while Middle Township has snatched up ten consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season.
Egg Harbor Township's 27-6 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They fell 47-34 to Overbrook on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Egg Harbor Township can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Overbrook is ranked 104th).
Meanwhile, Middle Township didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Atlantic City on Monday, but they still walked away with a 54-48 victory.
Jamir McNeil continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 16 points along with four steals. Another player making a difference was Bubba McNeil, who scored 11 points.
Egg Harbor Township's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Middle Township, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season.
Egg Harbor Township suffered a grim 84-61 defeat to Middle Township in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McNeil, who scored 17 points along with six assists and six steals. Now that Egg Harbor Township knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
