Zanesville has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. After both having extra time off, they and the West Muskingum Tornadoes will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on February 21st. Hopefully Zanesville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 last Saturday.
Last Saturday, Zanesville ended up a good deal behind Licking Heights and lost 47-32.
Despite the loss, Zanesville had strong showings from Jersey Draughn, who scored 13 points, and Rylee McCuen, who scored four points along with five steals. That was a full 40.6% of Zanesville's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
West Muskingum has not done well against New Lexington recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Saturday. West Muskingum secured a 48-44 W over New Lexington.
Zanesville dropped their record down to 3-19 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for West Muskingum, their win bumped their record up to 19-3.
Zanesville suffered a grim 61-39 defeat to West Muskingum in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. Can Zanesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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