Basketball Game Preview: West Liberty-Salem Tigers vs. Northeastern Jets

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	56-52 W
02/02/24 - Home	68-48 W
12/15/23 - Away	51-32 W
02/10/23 - Home	55-36 W
12/16/22 - Away	45-38 W
+ 5 more games

West Liberty-Salem has gone 9-1 against Northeastern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The West Liberty-Salem Tigers will look to defend their home court against the Northeastern Jets at 7:30 p.m.

West Liberty-Salem is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Anna just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were outmatched by the Rockets and fell 65-38.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northeastern). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Bradford 85-40. Winning may never get old, but the Jets sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Northeastern pushed their record up to 9-10 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for West Liberty-Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.

West Liberty-Salem didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Northeastern when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 56-52 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Northeastern's Rhett Lough, who went 7 of 10 on his way to 16 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will West Liberty-Salem still be able to contain Lough? There's only one way to find out.