The Penn Hills Indians will face off against the Shaler Area Titans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Penn Hills lost 47-26 to Franklin Regional on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 504th, while the Panthers are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Shaler Area had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They really took it to the Mustangs for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-25 victory. The Titans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 21 points or more this season.
Shaler Area is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Penn Hills, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-13.
Penn Hills took a serious blow against Shaler Area in their previous matchup on January 3rd, falling 49-10. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Penn Hills was down 37-4.
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