Basketball Game Recap: Pottsgrove Falcons vs. Sun Valley Vanguards

By Team Reports Jan 11, 2024, 1:29pm

Recap: Pottsgrove Falcons vs. Sun Valley Vanguards

The Pottsgrove Falcons lost against the Sun Valley Vanguards back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. Pottsgrove ended up on the wrong side of a rough 53-30 walloping at the hands of Sun Valley. Pottsgrove has not had much luck with Sun Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Pottsgrove lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jessica Carroll, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Carroll scored a full 36.7% of Pottsgrove's points, the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Leaman, who scored nine points along with three steals.

Pottsgrove's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Sun Valley, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-4.

Pottsgrove will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Phoenixville at 6:45 p.m. Phoenixville presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Pottsgrove in Pennsylvania (Phoenixville is ranked 209th, while Pottsgrove is ranked 537th). As for Sun Valley, they will head out on the road to face off against Morrisville at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Morrisville is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.