Seneca Valley was the 57-54 winner over New Castle when they last played one another on January 3rd, but their luck changed this time around. The Seneca Valley Raiders lost to the New Castle Hurricanes at home by a 70-56 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 33rd).
Damian Harrison continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for New Castle, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 12 boards. Those 26 points gave Harrison a new career-high. Kyrell Harris was another key player, going 6 for 9 on his way to 14 points in addition to five assists and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Seneca Valley and nudges their season record down to 10-9. As for New Castle, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-3.
Seneca Valley will head out on the road to challenge Butler at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for New Castle, they will take on Pine-Richland at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. New Castle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.1 points per game this season.
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