Basketball Recap: Conemaugh Valley Sets Scoring Season-High Against Purchase Line

Blue Jays

Team Score

02/03/25 @ Purchase Line	76
02/01/25 vs Ferndale	71
12/07/24 vs Blacklick Valley	71
12/09/24 @ Ferndale	71
12/06/24 vs Glendale	69

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Conemaugh Valley). They blew past the Purchase Line Red Dragons 76-40 on Monday. With the Blue Jays ahead 50-25 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Leading Conemaugh Valley to victory were Jeremy Dietz and Jaylen Henry. Dietz dropped a double-double on 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Henry went 7 of 11 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight assists and five boards. The game was Dietz's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Lance Masser, who posted eight points along with ten boards and three steals.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Conemaugh Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Purchase Line only posted four assists.

Jakob Mountain and Jacob Kauffman certainly did their best on Monday to avoid the loss. Mountain went 6 for 11 en route to 16 points and seven rebounds, while Kauffman went 5 of 6 on his way to 13 points.

Conemaugh Valley is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 32% in those games and 25.5% outside of them. As for Purchase Line, they dropped their record down to 3-18 with the loss, which was their seventh straight at home.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Conemaugh Valley will take on Windber at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Conemaugh Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.4 points per game this season. As for Purchase Line, they will face off against West Shamokin at 6:00 p.m. on February 11th.