If Ashland was riding high fresh off their 75-52 takedown of Clear Fork last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Ashland Arrows were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 59-58 to the Lexington Minutemen. While losing is never fun, the Arrows can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Minutemen are ranked 76th).
Ashland's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Lexington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Looking ahead, Ashland will head out to face off against Shelby at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. As for Lexington, they and Princeton will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Lexington has won ten straight at home dating back to last season, while Princeton won four straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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