The Northeastern Jets will challenge the Anna Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Northeastern has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with 36 straight losses, while Anna will come in with four straight victories.
Last Saturday, Northeastern was beaten by Fairbanks 68-9. While losing is never fun, the Jets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 773rd, while the Panthers are ranked 375th).
Allie Peterson was Northeastern's leading scorer, having posted six points.
West Liberty-Salem typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Anna proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 36-30 win over the Tigers. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Rockets were the better team in the second half.
Anna's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.8 points over those games. As for Northeastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-22.
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