The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears will challenge Marian Catholic at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mahanoy Area comes in on 27 and Marian Catholic on three.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Mahanoy Area walked away with it. They took down the Bulldogs 64-49 on Wednesday. Given Mahanoy Area's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while Tri-Valley is ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, Marian Catholic made off with a 49-48 win over Schuylkill Haven.
Julius Currie continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 22 points along with three steals. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jacob Miller, who scored ten points along with five rebounds.
Mahanoy Area's victory bumped their record up to 27-0. As for Marian Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Mahanoy Area strolled past Marian Catholic in their previous meeting back in February by a score of 59-40. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Marian Catholic's Jesse Rodino, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 15 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mahanoy Area still be able to contain Rodino? There's only one way to find out.
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