Basketball Recap: Finneytown Comes Up Short

Finneytown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 51-43 to the Batavia Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 574th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 230th).

Finneytown's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Batavia, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3.

Finneytown has already played their next match (against Indian Hill), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Batavia will face off against Eastern at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Batavia surely won't give up without a fight.