The Monessen Greyhounds will venture away from home to take on the Clairton Bears at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Monessen has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Clairton will come in with four straight victories.
Monessen is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Geibel Catholic on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Monessen lost 50-25 to Geibel Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 560th, while the Gators are ranked 159th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Clairton on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Mapletown out of the water with a 72-34 final score. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 22 points or more this season.
Monessen better keep an eye on Iyanna Wade. She was instrumental in Clairton's win, putting up 49 points. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Wade has scored at least a third of Clairton's points. K Fuqua was another key player, posting nine points.
Clairton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points per game. As for Monessen, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Monessen took their win against Clairton in their previous matchup back in January of 2023 by a conclusive 53-33. Does Monessen have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clairton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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