The Penn Hills Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Monday, Penn Hills earned a 68-57 victory over West Mifflin. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Titans are ranked 484th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Greensburg Central Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They came out on top against the Dynamos by a score of 60-47.
Greensburg Central Catholic's win was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-2. As for Penn Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season.
Penn Hills skirted past Greensburg Central Catholic 58-55 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Penn Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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