Basketball Game Preview: Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers vs. Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils

The Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers will square off against the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Philipsburg-Osceola will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

Last Wednesday, Philipsburg-Osceola had to suffer through a 68-11 loss at the hands of Bishop Guilfoyle.

Maddy Malinich was Philipsburg-Osceola's leading scorer, having posted four points. Ashlyn Warner held things down on the boards with three rebounds.

Meanwhile, Bellwood-Antis made easy work of Huntingdon on Wednesday and carried off a 59-35 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blue Devils.

Philipsburg-Osceola's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Bellwood-Antis, they now have a winning record of 2-1.

Philipsburg-Osceola was taken down by Bellwood-Antis 64-27 in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bellwood-Antis' Lilly Gerwert, who went 11 of 13 on her way to 23 points and five rebounds. Now that Philipsburg-Osceola knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.