Belle Vernon was the 57-31 winner over Deer Lakes when they last played one another back in February of 2017, but their luck changed this time around. The Belle Vernon Leopards took a 71-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Deer Lakes Lancers on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (56), the Leopards still had to take the loss.
Belle Vernon's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Deer Lakes, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Belle Vernon will take on Elizabeth Forward at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Belle Vernon knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten games -- so hopefully Elizabeth Forward likes a good challenge. As for Deer Lakes, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 73-70 victory against Indiana on the 28th.
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