Palmyra lost against Pottsville back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Palmyra Cougars took a 61-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pottsville Crimson Tide. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Crimson Tide are ranked 132nd).
Pottsville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ryder Bowers, who made all 5 shots he took to post 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of JuJu Bainbridge, who made all 5 shots he took for 14 points.
Palmyra now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for Pottsville, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 11-5.
Palmyra has already played their next match (against Penn Manor), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Pottsville is taking a road trip to take on Minersville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Minersville knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Pottsville likes a good challenge.
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