Basketball Preview: West Shore Wildcats vs. Edgewood Red Wolves
The West Shore Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Edgewood Red Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully West Shore focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.
West Shore will head out to face Edgewood after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. West Shore was dealt a 63-27 loss at the hands of Melbourne. The Wildcats have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the defeat, West Shore saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Kaelani Luther went 7 for 13 en route to 20 points. The dominant performance also gave Luther a new career-high in field goal percentage (54%).
Meanwhile, Edgewood hadn't done well against Melbourne Central Catholic recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Edgewood simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Melbourne Central Catholic 47-17.
Edgewood now has a winning record of 3-2. As for West Shore, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
West Shore was taken down by Edgewood 60-22 in their previous matchup back in January. Thankfully for West Shore, Alaina Preble (who went 11 for 21 en route to 31 points plus six rebounds and six steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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