It'll be an old-fashioned rodeo when the Mustangs take on the Colts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Portage sitting on seven straight victories and Northern Cambria on five.
Portage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They snuck past Bishop McCort with a 66-62 win. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Crushers are ranked 213th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northern Cambria hadn't done well against West Branch recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Northern Cambria came out on top against West Branch by a score of 53-45.
Portage pushed their record up to 20-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points over those games. As for Northern Cambria, their win bumped their record up to 18-6.
Portage couldn't quite finish off Northern Cambria when the teams last played back in January and fell 45-42. Can Portage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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