The Fairview Tigers managed to keep up with the Meadville Bulldogs until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Fairview suffered a tough 69-49 loss at the hands of Meadville. Fairview was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Meadville apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in December of 2022.
Meadville was led to victory by Jack Burchard and Lucas Luteran. Burchard scored 26 points along with 6 assists, while Luteran went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 27 points and 0 assists. The matchup was Luteran's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tykie Butler, who scored 4 points along with 8 assists and 3 steals.
Fairview still hasn't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3. As for Meadville, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Fairview will be home for the holidays to greet Warren at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Meadville, they will head out on the road to face off against Oil City at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
