After both having extra time off, the Clairton Bears and the Bishop Canevin Crusaders will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clairton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.4 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Clairton needed a bit of extra time to put away West Greene. They walked away with an 83-72 win over the Pioneers. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Bears were down 41-27 in the second quarter.
Iyanna Wade continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 56 points. That makes it seven consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Clairton's points. J Childs was another key player, posting 13 points.
Meanwhile, Bishop Canevin came up short against Geibel Catholic last Thursday and fell 61-51. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 336th, while the Gators are ranked 151st).
This is the second loss in a row for Bishop Canevin and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Clairton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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