The Juniata Indians will head out on the road to take on the Halifax Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Juniata has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last five games.
Juniata is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing East Juniata: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Juniata's way against East Juniata on Friday as Juniata made off with a 66-43 win. The victory continues a trend for the Indians in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, Halifax had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They took down the Warriors 63-47. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while the Warriors are ranked 461st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Juniata's win bumped their record up to 12-9. As for Halifax, they pushed their record up to 19-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Things could have been worse for Juniata, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 58-39 loss to Halifax in their previous matchup back in January. Can Juniata avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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