Juniata Valley lost against West Branch back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Juniata Valley Hornets took a 98-83 bruising from the West Branch Warriors. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (76), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Juniata Valley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Kyler Spurlin, who went 10 for 16 en route to 24 points and seven rebounds. Spurlin is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ronal Chavez, who posted 22 points in addition to six assists and five boards.
Hornets
| 01/15/25 @ West Branch | 20 |
| 12/28/24 vs Mount Union | 5 |
Even though they lost, Juniata Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Juniata Valley has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season. As for West Branch, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-1.
Juniata Valley will venture away from home to square off against Curwensville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Curwensville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.8 points per game this season. As for West Branch, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 57-36 victory against Northern Bedford County on the 17th.
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