Basketball Recap: John Glenn Comes Up Short

If John Glenn was feeling good fresh off their 79-48 takedown of Sheridan last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The John Glenn Little Muskies took a 64-45 bruising from the New Philadelphia Quakers on Saturday. The game marked the Little Muskies' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Stehl Bates

Points

02/08/25 @ New Philadelphia	17
02/07/25 vs Sheridan	23
02/04/25 @ Tri-Valley	15
01/31/25 @ Morgan	19

Despite the loss, John Glenn still got an impressive performance from Stehl Bates, who posted 17 points and five steals. The contest was Bates' fourth in a row with at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Cj Dolan, who scored eight points.

John Glenn's loss dropped their record down to 16-4. As for New Philadelphia, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.

Coming up, John Glenn is taking a road trip to challenge Crooksville at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. John Glenn is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.6 points per game this season. As for New Philadelphia, they will be playing at home against Dover at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Dover has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight defeats, while New Philadelphia will come in with three straight wins.