The Union City Bears will challenge the Seneca Bobcats at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Seneca is facing Union City at the wrong time: Union City suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 45-32 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 55th).
Meanwhile, Seneca waltzed into their matchup on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They strolled past the Knights with points to spare, taking the game 48-32.
Union City's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-10. As for Seneca, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Union City was dealt a bruising 66-26 defeat at the hands of Seneca in their previous matchup on January 11th. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Union City was down 38-17.
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