Ambridge is 0-9 against Lincoln Park Performing Arts since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Ambridge Bridgers will head out on the road to take on Lincoln Park Performing Arts at 8:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Ambridge has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Lincoln Park Performing Arts will arrive with seven straight victories.
Ambridge pushed their score all the way to 65 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 78-65 to Beaver. While losing is never fun, Ambridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 499th, while Beaver is ranked 224th).
Meanwhile, Lincoln Park Performing Arts stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Hopewell 82-56. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Ambridge's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Lincoln Park Performing Arts, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Ambridge took a serious blow against Lincoln Park Performing Arts in their previous meeting back in January, falling 85-50. Can Ambridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
