The Cumberland Valley Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Central Dauphin Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cumberland Valley is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Cumberland Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Harrisburg 60-23 on Wednesday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagles had established a 29 point advantage.
| 01/22/25 vs Harrisburg | 13 |
| 12/17/24 @ Harrisburg | 12 |
| 12/13/24 @ Chambersburg | 12 |
| 12/07/24 @ Hempfield | 11 |
| 01/02/25 @ Altoona | 10 |
Payton Basehore had a dynamite game for Cumberland Valley, almost dropping a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave Basehore a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sienna Manns, who went 5 of 7 on her way to 11 points.
Cumberland Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Central Dauphin strolled past Chambersburg with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 59-40. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Trojans are ranked 456th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Central Dauphin has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.5 points per game. As for Cumberland Valley, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-7.
Cumberland Valley might still be hurting after the 52-27 loss they got from Central Dauphin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Cumberland Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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