Basketball Recap: Whitmer Skates Past Southview with Ease

Whitmer had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed by the Southview Cougars to the tune of 80-53. That's more bragging rights for the Panthers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Panthers

Previous 5 Games (Home)

01/17/25 vs Southview	80-53
01/14/25 vs Northview	88-66
12/17/24 vs Perrysburg	63-59
12/12/24 vs Clay	79-37
12/10/24 vs Lima Senior	66-62

Whitmer's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.2 points per game. As for Southview, they moved to 9-3 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Whitmer has already played their next contest (against Combine Academy National), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Southview will head out to face off against Wauseon at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.