The Villa Joseph Marie Jems will take on the Great Valley Patriots at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Villa Joseph Marie has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight defeats, while Great Valley will come in with three straight victories.
Villa Joseph Marie is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Gwynedd Mercy Academy on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Villa Joseph Marie lost 47-22 to Gwynedd Mercy Academy. The contest marked the Jems' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, everything went Great Valley's way against Oxford on Thursday as Great Valley made off with a 56-31 win. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Hornets are ranked 563rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Great Valley pushed their record up to 7-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Villa Joseph Marie, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Villa Joseph Marie beat Great Valley 45-34 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Villa Joseph Marie repeat their success, or does Great Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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