The Mercyhurst Prep Lakers will head out on the road to face off against the Harbor Creek Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Mercyhurst Prep ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They snuck past Howland with a 48-43 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for Mercyhurst Prep.
Among those leading the charge was Jeremy Ganska, who scored 14 points along with 7 rebounds and 3 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Mercyhurst Prep's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Craig Buckner, who scored 7 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Harbor Creek beat Seneca 55-51 on Saturday.
Harbor Creek relied on the efforts of Braylen Wilson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds, and JT Delsandro, who scored 19 points along with 5 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Delsandro has scored at least 25% of Harbor Creek's points. Another player making a difference was Tucker Chwatek, who scored 9 points along with 5 rebounds.
The wins kept both teams' perfect 2-0 season records intact.
Mercyhurst Prep couldn't quite finish off Harbor Creek when the teams last played back in December of 2022 and fell 42-39. Can Mercyhurst Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
