The North Penn-Mansfield Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Troy Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully North Penn-Mansfield focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Monday.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but North Penn-Mansfield had to settle for a 37-35 defeat against Towanda. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for North Penn-Mansfield in their matchups with Towanda: they've now lost seven in a row.
Despite the defeat, North Penn-Mansfield saw an underclassman step up: Kameron Lightner dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds. Elaina Shaw was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Troy had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.5 points), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Milton 40-37. Given Troy's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 151st, while Milton is ranked 353rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Penn-Mansfield's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Troy, they pushed their record up to 19-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
North Penn-Mansfield was dealt a bruising 54-21 defeat at the hands of Troy when the teams last played back in January. Can North Penn-Mansfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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