Northern Lehigh is on a four-game streak of home losses, Palisades an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck will change on Monday. The Northern Lehigh Bulldogs will host the Palisades Pirates at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but likely not for long.
Northern Lehigh will head into Wednesday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They had to suffer through a 99-63 loss at the hands of Northwestern Lehigh. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 619th, while the Tigers are ranked 83rd).
Meanwhile, Palisades ended up a good deal behind Brandywine Heights Area on Saturday and lost 48-29.
Northern Lehigh will have to contain Will Anderson as he made an impact in Palisades' last game. He dropped a double-double on ten points and ten boards. The dominant performance also gave Anderson a new career-high in steals (three). Jack Trickel was another key player, putting up three points and five rebounds.
Palisades' defeat dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Northern Lehigh, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Northern Lehigh lost to Palisades at home by a decisive 75-60 margin when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Northern Lehigh avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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