Basketball Recap: Fairborn Comes Up Short

The matchup between Fairborn and Troy on Friday hardly resembled the 37-23 effort from their previous meeting. The Fairborn Skyhawks came up short against the Troy Trojans, falling 67-45. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Skyhawks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 37-23 back in January.

Fairborn's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Troy, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.

Coming up, Fairborn will venture away from home to square off against Xenia at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Troy, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Bellefontaine at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.