Basketball Game Preview: Beth Haven Bearcats vs. Western Hills Wolverines

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 2:56am

Preview: Beth Haven Bearcats vs. Western Hills Wolverines

The Beth Haven Bearcats will head out on the road to challenge the Western Hills Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Beth Haven has five straight wins, Western Hills has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Even though Varsity Opponent scored an imposing 63 points on Tuesday, Beth Haven still came out on top. Beth Haven walked away with a 76-63 win over Varsity Opponent. 76 seems to be a good number for Beth Haven as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

Beth Haven's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Levi Langley led the charge by scoring 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Harris, who scored 18 points along with six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Western Hills pushed their score all the way to 79 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 88-79 hit to the loss column at the hands of Kentucky Christian.

Beth Haven pushed their record up to 19-7 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 80.3 points per game. As for Western Hills, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-20 record this season.

Beth Haven couldn't quite finish off Western Hills when the teams last played back in February of 2023 and fell 58-56. Can Beth Haven avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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