Basketball Game Preview: Fairview Warriors vs. Elyria Pioneers

The Fairview Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Elyria Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.

Last Friday, Fairview opened the new year with a less-than-successful 51-41 loss to Lutheran West. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Longhorns recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Meanwhile, Elyria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 28th straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 63-25 loss at the hands of Berea-Midpark. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 686th, while the Titans are ranked 176th).

Fairview's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Elyria, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.