Basketball Preview: Wheeler Bearcats vs. River Forest Ingots
The Wheeler Bearcats will take on the River Forest Ingots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Wheeler focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.
Wheeler will head into Tuesday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were dealt a 54-19 defeat at the hands of Lowell. The Bearcats haven't had much luck with the Red Devils recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Nick Scott was Wheeler's leading scorer, having posted six points.
David Diaz held things down on the boards with three rebounds.
Carter Blane took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with three assists.
Meanwhile, River Forest narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Highland 51-49.
Wheeler's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for River Forest, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Wheeler didn't have too much breathing room in their match against River Forest in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 43-39 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wheeler since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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