The Ephrata Mountaineers will face off against the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Lampeter-Strasburg will be up against a hot Ephrata squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Ephrata walked away with a 56-45 victory over Donegal on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Lampeter-Strasburg escaped with a win on Thursday against Lower Dauphin by the margin of a single free throw, 61-60. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Falcons are ranked 286th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ephrata better keep an eye on Chase Smucker. He was instrumental in Lampeter-Strasburg's win, going 9 of 22 en route to 26 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Smucker has scored at least a third of Lampeter-Strasburg's points. Jared Hostetter was another key player, going 5 for 12 on his way to 11 points.
Lampeter-Strasburg was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2024.
Ephrata's win bumped their record up to 16-7. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Ephrata was dealt a bruising 73-37 loss at the hands of Lampeter-Strasburg in their previous matchup back in February of 2022. Thankfully for Ephrata, Benjamin Wert (who went 8 of 10 to rack up 25 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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