The Mercer Mustangs will square off against the Grove City Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Mercer is headed into Thursday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They lost 69-48 to Farrell on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Grove City had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 58-47. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Tigers are ranked 207th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mercer's defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-3. As for Grove City, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Mercer suffered a grim 57-34 defeat to Grove City in their previous matchup back in December of 2016. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mercer was down 34-12.
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