Red Lion has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against the Hershey Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Red Lion focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, things could have been worse for Red Lion, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 45-31 loss to Dallastown. While losing is never fun, Red Lion can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 371st, while Dallastown is ranked 69th).
Despite the defeat, Red Lion had strong showings from Julia Sedora, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds, and Grace Masser, who scored nine points. Sedora scored a full 35.5% of Red Lion's points, the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Red Lion struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Hershey's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their 19th straight loss dating back to last season. They suffered a rough 49-29 defeat at the hands of Lower Dauphin. Hershey has struggled against Lower Dauphin recently, as their matchup on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Red Lion's record is now 2-5. As for Hershey, they bumped their record down to 0-3 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
