After flying high against Beaver County Christian last Friday, Monessen came back down to earth. The Monessen Greyhounds opened the new year with a less-than-successful 63-50 defeat to the Serra Catholic Eagles. The Greyhounds were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Eagles apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February of 2022.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Serra Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Owen Dumbroski, who went 10 for 21 on his way to 26 points in addition to eight assists and five steals. Dumbroski has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 11 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mark Johnson, who went 6 for 13 on his way to 15 points in addition to six assists and five boards.
Monessen's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4. As for Serra Catholic, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Monessen and Serra Catholic should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. Monessen (ranked 236th) will meet Environmental Charter (ranked 703rd) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Serra Catholic (ranked 152nd) will meet St. Joseph (ranked 541st) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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