Purchase Line lost against West Shamokin back in December of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Purchase Line Red Dragons took a 58-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the West Shamokin Wolves. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 680th, while the Wolves are ranked 234th).
Ian Layden
| 02/11/25 @ West Shamokin | 50% |
| 01/10/25 @ United | 40% |
| 01/30/25 vs Penns Manor | 38% |
| 01/28/25 @ Homer-Center | 38% |
| 01/14/25 vs Northern Cambria | 38% |
Ian Layden and Jacob Stein certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Layden posted 11 points, while Stein had ten points and five boards. The dominant performance also gave Layden a new career-high in field goal percentage (50%).
Braydn Rodgers was his usual excellent self, on his way to 21 points and four blocks for West Shamokin. That makes it four consecutive games in which Rodgers has scored at least a third of West Shamokin's points. Alex Talmadge was another key player, putting up 13 points and seven rebounds.
Purchase Line has been struggling recently as they've lost 12 of their last 13 games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-19 record this season. West Shamokin's victory bumped their record up to 18-5.
Purchase Line does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Shamokin, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 54-37 defeat against Punxsutawney on the 14th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
