Basketball Game Preview: Forest Hills Rangers vs. Chestnut Ridge Lions

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Previous Games

01/25/24 - Home	44-15 W
02/16/23 - Home	47-50 L
01/11/23 - Home	54-37 W
01/28/22 - Home	47-36 W
12/15/21 - Away	65-41 W
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Forest Hills is 7-1 against Chestnut Ridge since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Forest Hills Rangers are taking a road trip to take on the Chestnut Ridge Lions at 7:15 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Forest Hills is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Central Cambria just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 55-42 to the Red Devils.

Meanwhile, Chestnut Ridge played a tough contest on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Bishop Carroll, falling 57-32. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 595th, while the Huskies are ranked 121st).

Forest Hills will have to keep a close watch on Daisy Moyer and Naiara Shaffer, a pair of players who had a big impact on Chestnut Ridge's prior game. Moyer posted nine points along with six rebounds and five blocks, while Shaffer had nine points. With that strong performance, Moyer is now averaging an impressive 2.1 blocks per game. Leah Vent was another key player, putting up nine points.

Forest Hills' loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for Chestnut Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-15.

Everything came up roses for Forest Hills against Chestnut Ridge in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 44-15 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forest Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.