Basketball Game Preview: Circleville Tigers vs. Westfall Mustangs

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Previous Games

12/30/23 - Home	51-16 W
12/29/22 - Home	55-31 W
12/30/21 - Home	48-39 W
01/02/20 - Home	68-25 W
12/18/18 - Away	70-34 W
+ 4 more games

Circleville is 8-1 against Westfall since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The two teams will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Last Saturday, Circleville came up short against Fairfield Union and fell 48-37. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Falcons are ranked 26th).

Meanwhile, Westfall ended up a good deal behind Hamilton Township on Thursday and lost 64-47. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Circleville's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 6-2. As for Westfall, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.

Everything came up roses for Circleville against Westfall in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 51-16 victory. In that game, Circleville amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.