The Pioneer Panthers will be home for the holidays to greet the Bishop Timon-St. Jude Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Monday, Pioneer earned a 65-55 win over Depew. 65 seems to be a good number for Pioneer as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Bishop Timon-St. Jude put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Lackawanna 68-40 on the road. Fans of Bishop Timon-St. Jude have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season ended as a blowout.
Nakyhi Harris continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 29 points along with seven steals and five rebounds. The contest was his fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jacob Humphrey, who scored 11 points along with three steals.
The victory makes it two in a row for Pioneer and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Bishop Timon-St. Jude, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.