Pottstown and Upper Perkiomen are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Pottstown Trojans will be playing at home against the Upper Perkiomen Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pottstown will be strutting in after a win while Upper Perkiomen will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Pottstown turned things around against Renaissance Academy on Saturday. They walked away with a 33-26 victory over the Knights.
01/18/25 vs Renaissance Academy | 10 |
12/30/24 @ Chichester | 4 |
11/30/24 @ Louis E. Dieruff | 4 |
01/17/25 vs Veritas Academy | 2 |
12/20/24 vs Octorara Area | 2 |
Pottstown's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Angelina Quiles led the charge by putting up ten points. The dominant performance gave Quiles a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayanna Hill, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, Upper Perkiomen was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 49-31 bruising from Pope John Paul II. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 612th, while Pope John Paul II are ranked 203rd).
Upper Perkiomen's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Pottstown, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-10.
Pottstown didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Upper Perkiomen when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 39-33 victory. Does Pottstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Upper Perkiomen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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