The Pine-Richland Rams will head out on the road to challenge the North Allegheny Tigers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Pine-Richland and seven for North Allegheny.
Pine-Richland fought the good fight in their overtime game against Fox Chapel on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Foxes 66-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (56), the Rams still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, North Allegheny suffered their closest defeat since December 6, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Seneca Valley by a score of 53-50. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Tigers have suffered against the Raiders since January 11, 2022.
North Allegheny's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Pine-Richland, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Pine-Richland didn't have too much breathing room in their match against North Allegheny in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 61-56 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine-Richland since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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