Basketball Recap: Alpena Comes Up Short

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Alpena and Traverse City West meet (two straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Monday. The Alpena Wildcats fell to the Traverse City West Titans 56-50. The Wildcats were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Titans earlier this season, when they won 59-55.

Alpena's loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Traverse City West, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 6-14.

Alpena does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Traverse City West, they will face off against Traverse City Central at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.