Blue Mountain was the 68-35 winner over Minersville when they last played one another back in January of 2018, but their luck changed this time around. The Blue Mountain Eagles fell to the Minersville Battlin' Miners 53-49.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Minersville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Shazier Bethea, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards. The matchup was Bethea's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Dante Carr, who went 5 of 9 en route to 19 points and four steals.
Blue Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Minersville, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Blue Mountain will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on Tamaqua at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Blue Mountain is facing Tamaqua at the right time seeing as Tamaqua is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Minersville, they will head out to face off against Pottsville at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pottsville will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Minersville surely won't give up without a fight.
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