Basketball Game Preview: Perrysburg Yellow Jackets vs. Whitmer Panthers

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Previous Games

12/03/24 - Away	62-43 W
02/29/24 - Neutral	50-35 W
01/18/24 - Away	40-31 W
12/05/23 - Home	34-37 L
02/06/23 - Away	46-36 W
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Perrysburg has gone 8-2 against Whitmer recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Perrysburg Yellow Jackets will welcome the Whitmer Panthers at 7:15 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Perrysburg is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 67 points on Monday, they were much more limited against Findlay on Thursday. They took a hard 38-23 fall against the Trojans. The game marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Meanwhile, Whitmer came up short against Bowsher on Saturday and fell 59-48. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the BlueRacers are ranked 138th).

Perrysburg will have to contain Madison Finch as she made an impact in Whitmer's last game. She went 8 for 15 on her way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Audri Scott, who posted five points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.

Whitmer's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Perrysburg, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-6.

Perrysburg strolled past Whitmer when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 62-43. Does Perrysburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Whitmer turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.