Basketball Recap: Minerva Comes Up Short

Minerva was the 48-45 winner over Salem when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Minerva Lions were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 59-58 to the Salem Quakers. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Minerva now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Salem, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.

Minerva will head out to take on United at 3:30 p.m. on December 21st. As for Salem, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 65-50 victory against Struthers on the 14th.