Basketball Recap: Union Area Snags Fifth Victory in Last Six Games

If South Side wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Union Area, they should've done a better job of containing Lucas Stanley. The Union Area Scotties blew past the South Side Rams 66-35 on Tuesday thanks in part to Stanley, who went 12 of 18 en route to 36 points. His evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Union Area has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for South Side, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-9 record this season.

Union Area will face off against Neshannock at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neshannock knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Union Area likes a good challenge. South Side has already played their next match (against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.