The New Castle Hurricanes will head out to take on the Moon Area Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: New Castle has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Moon Area will arrive with four straight victories.
New Castle came up short against West Allegheny on Monday, falling 67-42. While losing is never fun, the Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Indians are ranked 81st).
Meanwhile, Moon Area was able to grind out a solid win over Pine-Richland on Saturday, taking the game 50-42.
New Castle's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Moon Area, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
New Castle took a serious blow against Moon Area in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 54-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moon Area's Jaedin Griggs, who went 9 for 15 en route to 23 points and three steals. Now that New Castle 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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