The Lehighton Indians will take on the Palisades Pirates in a holiday battle at at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Palisades took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lehighton, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Lehighton escaped with a win against Salisbury Township by the margin of a single free throw, 46-45. The 46-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Palisades scored the most points they've had this season on Monday, but it wasn't enough. They fell to Moravian Academy 64-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Pirates still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Palisades saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lincoln Cook went 12 for 27 on his way to 28 points and six rebounds. That was a full 47.5% of Palisades' points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Oglialoro, who had 11 points and three steals.
Lehighton pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Palisades, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
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