Basketball Recap: Forest Hills Skates Past Somerset with Ease

Rangers

Margin (Wins)

01/31/25 @ Philipsburg-Osceola	34
01/15/25 vs Somerset	33
11/29/24 vs Juniata Valley	32
01/17/25 vs Bellwood-Antis	31
02/03/25 @ Somerset	30

Forest Hills came tearing into Monday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 64-34 win over the Somerset Eagles. The Rangers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 24 points or more this season.

Eve Housley and Reagan Holmes certainly did their best on Monday to avoid the loss. Housley almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine boards, while Holmes almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 rebounds. That was a full 41.2% of Somerset's points, marking the tenth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Sophie Spangler was another key player, putting up two points and three steals.

Forest Hills is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.6 points. As for Somerset, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 6-13.

Forest Hills has already played their next match (against Greater Johnstown), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Somerset will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Richland at 7:00 p.m.