The East Fairmont Bees will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fairmont Senior Polar Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Fairmont has 21 straight wins, Fairmont Senior has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you outrebound your opponent 17 to 4 on the offensive boards, a fact East Fairmont proved on Tuesday. They strolled past Robert C. Byrd with points to spare, taking the game 47-31. Despite the win, that was the fewest points East Fairmont has scored all year.
East Fairmont relied on the efforts of Kenly Rogers, who scored 16 points along with two steals, and Brooklyn Shupe, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. Rogers is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last eight games she's played. Tarayn Myers was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, Fairmont Senior was beaten by Southern 56-17 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Fairmont Senior can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 99th in West Virginia, while Southern is ranked 27th in Maryland).
East Fairmont pushed their record up to 21-0 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 30.3 points. As for Fairmont Senior, their loss dropped their record down to 1-19.
Everything came up roses for East Fairmont against Fairmont Senior when the teams last played on February 3rd as the squad secured a 111-26 win. In that contest, East Fairmont amassed a halftime lead of 63-4, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Wednesday.
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