The Orange Lions will challenge the West Geauga Wolverines at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Orange took on Euclid on Tuesday. Orange took a 75-59 bruising from Euclid. The Lions were down 61-38 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Orange might have lost, but man, Alex Mcculloch was a machine: he went 13 of 26 on his way to 31 points and seven rebounds. Mcculloch is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Doerner, who posted 13 points.
Meanwhile, West Geauga waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 66-56.
West Geauga is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for Orange, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-7.
Orange and West Geauga were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but Orange came up empty-handed after a 47-46 loss. Can Orange avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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