Basketball Recap: Mechanicsburg's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Tuesday

Mechanicsburg won the last time they faced Red Land and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Mechanicsburg Wildcats came out on top against the Red Land Patriots by a score of 58-50. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Patriots are ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Wildcats

Previous 2 Games

01/14/25 @ Red Land	58-50
01/09/25 vs Mifflin County	60-43

The victory made it two in a row for Mechanicsburg and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for Red Land, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-8.

Mechanicsburg will host Hershey at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hershey will roll in looking for their tenth straight win, something Mechanicsburg surely won't give up without a fight. As for Red Land, they are taking a road trip to challenge Mifflin County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Red Land is facing Mifflin County at the right time seeing as Mifflin County is stuck on a three-game losing streak.