The Conemaugh Township Indians will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the River Valley Panthers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Conemaugh Township focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Wednesday.
Conemaugh Township will bounce into Friday's match after beating Homer-Center, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Conemaugh Township walked away with a 31-23 victory over Homer-Center. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Indians.
Conemaugh Township got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Mayce Kordell out in front who went 6 for 13 en route to 13 points plus seven rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Kordell a new career-high in field goal percentage (46%). Another player making a difference was Katrina McCann, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for River Valley against Conemaugh Valley on Wednesday as the team secured an 89-26 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 56-5.
Ava Persichetti went supernova for River Valley, almost dropping a triple-double on 24 points, nine rebounds, and ten assists. The contest was Persichetti's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alessia LaMantia, who went 8 for 10 en route to 17 points plus five steals.
River Valley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in six consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
River Valley's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Conemaugh Township, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Conemaugh Township was dealt a bruising 57-30 loss at the hands of River Valley in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Persichetti, who had 24 points plus eight rebounds and five steals. Now that Conemaugh Township knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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