Basketball Recap: Olivia Lewis' Big Game Can't Quite Lead West Union over North Adams

If West Union was riding high fresh off their 66-8 takedown of Western last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The West Union Dragons lost to the North Adams Green Devils on the road by a 62-43 margin on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 525th, while the Green Devils are ranked 211th).

Olivia Lewis

Points

02/06/25 @ North Adams	9
02/05/25 vs Western	8
02/03/25 @ Mason County	7
02/01/25 @ Blanchester	3
01/30/25 @ Lynchburg-Clay	3
+ 17 more games

Several Dragons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Olivia Lewis, who posted nine points and seven boards. Lewis continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Madison Stout, who had eight points in addition to five rebounds and three steals.

Even though they lost, West Union smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in six consecutive contests.

West Union's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for North Adams, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.

Coming up, West Union will take on Chesapeake in a tournament on February 13th. As for North Adams, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 52-42 defeat against Ironton on the 8th.