The Oswayo Valley Green Wave will challenge the Smethport Hubbers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Oswayo Valley will head into Tuesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were beaten by Otto-Eldred 66-37. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 620th, while the Terrors are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, Smethport was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 20th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a 62-43 bruising from Northern Potter. The Hubbers were down 48-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Oswayo Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Smethport, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
Oswayo Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Smethport in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, winning 62-49. Will Oswayo Valley repeat their success, or does Smethport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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