The Parkdale Panthers and the Northern Patriots will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Parkdale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50 points per game this season.
Parkdale will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 20) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Bladensburg 48-46. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Panthers have posted since January 13th.
Alusine Mansaray
| 12/19/24 vs Bladensburg | 21 |
| 12/12/24 vs DuVal | 15 |
| 01/29/24 vs Eleanor Roosevelt | 12 |
| 12/10/24 @ Crofton | 12 |
| 01/04/24 vs Bowie | 11 |
Parkdale found their leader in sophomore Alusine Mansaray, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 21 points and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave Mansaray a new career-high in points.
Meanwhile, Northern's undefeated season came to an end after four games on Saturday. They took a 48-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of DuVal. The contest marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Northern fell to 4-1. As for Parkdale, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Parkdale strolled past Northern in their previous matchup back in February of 2017 by a score of 55-38. The rematch might be a little tougher for Parkdale since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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