The Carlisle Thundering Herd will square off against the Harrisburg Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Harrisburg will be up against a hot Carlisle squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Carlisle claimed a resounding 73-42 victory over Central Dauphin East. The Thundering Herd have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 27 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg came up short against Central Dauphin on Monday and fell 73-66. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Rams are ranked 16th).
Carlisle is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Harrisburg, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Carlisle skirted past Harrisburg 57-55 when the teams last played on January 7th. Will Carlisle repeat their success, or does Harrisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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