Penn-Trafford and Greater Latrobe are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Penn-Trafford Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Greater Latrobe Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Penn-Trafford focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Monday.
Penn-Trafford has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They had to suffer through a rough 64-37 loss at the hands of McKeesport. Penn-Trafford has not had much luck with McKeesport recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Penn-Trafford might have lost, but man, Olivia Pepple was a machine: she scored 19 points along with six rebounds and two blocks. That was a full 51.4% of Penn-Trafford's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamryn Pieper, who scored three points along with two blocks.
Meanwhile, Greater Latrobe entered their tilt with Albert Gallatin with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Greater Latrobe strolled past Albert Gallatin with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 60-41. Given Greater Latrobe's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 181st, while Albert Gallatin is ranked 433rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Penn-Trafford's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7. As for Greater Latrobe, their victory bumped their record up to 8-10.
Penn-Trafford was able to grind out a solid win over Greater Latrobe in their previous matchup back in January, winning 51-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Penn-Trafford since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
