The North Penn-Mansfield Tigers were the 39-35 winner over the Canton Warriors when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. North Penn-Mansfield lost to Canton on the road by a decisive 43-26 margin on Friday. North Penn-Mansfield found out winning isn't easy when you don't work as a unit and post eight fewer assists than your opponent.
North Penn-Mansfield lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kameron Lightner, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds.
Canton's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cailyn Van Noy led the charge by scoring 19 points along with five assists and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Van Noy has scored all season. Kendall Kitchen was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with five steals.
North Penn-Mansfield's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Canton, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-13.
North Penn-Mansfield will look to defend their home court on Monday against Towanda at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully North Penn-Mansfield focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday. Canton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
