Basketball Game Preview: Wellsville Eagles vs. Ellsworth Bearcats

By Team Reports Mar 6, 2024, 2:32am

Preview: Wellsville Eagles vs. Ellsworth Bearcats

Wellsville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Ellsworth Bearcats at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Even though Heritage Christian Academy scored an imposing 57 points on Saturday, Wellsville still came out on top. Wellsville was the clear victor by a 77-57 margin over Heritage Christian Academy. Given Wellsville's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while Heritage Christian Academy is ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Ellsworth had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They blew past Haven 45-25.

Wellsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. As for Ellsworth, they pushed their record up to 19-4 with that win, which was their third straight at home.

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