Greater Latrobe and Montour squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Greater Latrobe had to settle for second. They fell 60-52 to the Montour Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Spartans are ranked fifth).
Ama Tening Sow continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Montour, dropping a double-double with 19 points and 16 rebounds. Sow has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last 26 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Colton Straight, who to rack up 17 points.
Greater Latrobe's loss dropped their record down to 19-5. As for Montour, the win (which was their 17th in a row) raised their record to 23-1.
Greater Latrobe has already played their next match (against Moon Area), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Montour, they will take on Chartiers Valley at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Montour knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Chartiers Valley likes a good challenge.
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