Basketball Recap: West Prairie Cyclones vs. Elmwood Trojans
After flying high against Biggsville West Central last Monday, West Prairie came back down to earth. The West Prairie Cyclones took a 61-47 bruising from the Elmwood Trojans on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Cyclones in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now lost nine in a row.
Braden Coplan and Ryan Clark certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Coplan went 8 for 12 en route to 19 points, while Clark made all 6 shots he took racking up 13 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Coplan a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (75%). Another player making a difference was Matt Whitman, who had seven points in addition to five assists.
West Prairie's record is now 2-4. As for Elmwood, their record now sits at 4-2.
West Prairie will face off against Astoria/VIT at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Prairie is facing Astoria/VIT at the right time seeing as Astoria/VIT is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Elmwood, they will take on Delavan at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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