The Curwensville Golden Tide will face off against the Harmony Area Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Curwensville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60 points per game this season.
Curwensville is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against West Branch on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Curwensville took a blow against West Branch, falling 84-54. The Golden Tide were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-25.
Defeat or not, Curwensville got some senior leadership from Davis Fleming and Chandler English. Fleming went 9 for 17 on his way to 24 points in addition to six assists and five boards, while English went 5 of 10 on his way to 13 points and three steals. That was a full 44.4% of Curwensville's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan McCartney, who put up eight points.
Meanwhile, Harmony Area was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost to Blacklick Valley at home by a 62-44 margin. The Owls were down 47-25 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
This is the second loss in a row for Curwensville and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Harmony Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Curwensville didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Harmony Area in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 65-60 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Harmony Area's Jack Bracken, who dropped a double-double on 40 points and 12 boards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Curwensville to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
