Pine-Richland has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Butler Golden Tornado at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Pine-Richland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Monday.
Last Monday, Pine-Richland was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 50-44 to Norwin. While losing is never fun, Pine-Richland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Norwin is ranked ninth).
Pine-Richland might have lost, but man, Madison Zavasky was a machine: she dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Catherine Gentile, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Butler scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Monday. Everything went their way against Hempfield Area as Butler made off with a 71-51 win. The team's offensive explosion also rewarded Butler with their most commanding win of the season.
Pine-Richland's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-12. As for Butler, their win bumped their record up to 5-14.
Pine-Richland strolled past Butler in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 50-33. 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.
