Garnet Valley is 2-8 against Lower Merion since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Garnet Valley Jaguars will head out to square off against the Lower Merion Aces at 7:00 p.m. Garnet Valley is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, Garnet Valley earned a 65-57 win over Radnor. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Raptors are ranked 393rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lower Merion had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 54-45 victory over the Cougars.
Lower Merion is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points per game. As for Garnet Valley, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Garnet Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Lower Merion in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 66-61 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garnet Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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