Basketball Game Preview: Waterford Wildcats vs. Federal Hocking Lancers

By Team Reports Jan 18, 2024, 11:48am

Preview: Waterford Wildcats vs. Federal Hocking Lancers

Waterford is 0-10 against Federal Hocking since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Waterford Wildcats will be playing at home against the Federal Hocking Lancers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Wednesday, Waterford was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 46-45 to Caldwell.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Federal Hocking's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. The contest between Federal Hocking and South Webster wasn't particularly close, with Federal Hocking falling 63-47. While losing is never fun, Federal Hocking can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 365th, while South Webster is ranked 111th).

Waterford now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Federal Hocking, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.

Waterford came up short against Federal Hocking in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 68-58. Will Waterford have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.