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| 02/01/25 - Away | 55-66 L |
| 12/17/24 - Home | 41-65 L |
| 01/26/24 - Away | 51-53 L |
| 12/21/23 - Home | 52-65 L |
| 12/16/22 - Away | 63-29 W |
| + 5 more games |
Penns Manor and Marion Center are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Comets will be home for the holidays to greet the Stingers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Penns Manor is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Purchase Line on Tuesday as they made off with a 73-48 victory.
Vinny Myers produced another solid effort shooting 44% from the field en route to 31 points along with eight assists and five boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Penns Manor's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Depp, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Penns Manor was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Marion Center waltzed into their game on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed past the Mountaineers to the tune of 72-42. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Stingers had established a 26-point advantage.
Penns Manor better focus on containing Kamden Rozier and Alec Brudnock as the pair were huge in Marion Center's win. Rozier posted 21 points, while Brudnock put up 20 points. The matchup was Rozier's fourth in a row with at least 17 points. Hayden Fox was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Marion Center's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Penns Manor, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest-scoring teams around. Penns Manor hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 57.2 points per game. However, it's not like Marion Center struggles in that department as they've been averaging 60.8 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can put up more.
Penns Manor came up short against Marion Center when the teams last played back in February, falling 66-55. Will the Comets have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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