Basketball Game Preview: Africentric Early College Nubians vs. Westerville South Wildcats
By Team Reports
Jan 13, 2024, 6:43am
Preview: Africentric Early College Nubians vs. Westerville South Wildcats
The Africentric Early College Nubians will be playing at home against the Westerville South Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Africentric Early College fought the good fight in their overtime match against Marion-Franklin on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Red Devils 81-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Friday (61), Africentric Early College still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Westerville South entered their tilt with Worthington Kilbourne with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Westerville South strolled past Worthington Kilbourne with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 69-50. Given Westerville South's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while Worthington Kilbourne is ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Africentric Early College's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 3-6. As for Westerville South, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
