Basketball Recap: Bellefonte Takes a Loss

Bellefonte was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were outmatched by the Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers and fell 60-19. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 594th, while the Hilltoppers are ranked 189th).

Bellefonte's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Westmont Hilltop, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-5.

Bellefonte will square off against Philipsburg-Osceola at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Bellefonte is facing Philipsburg-Osceola at the right time seeing as Philipsburg-Osceola is stuck on a five-game losing streak. Westmont Hilltop has already played their next contest (against Chestnut Ridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.