The Western Panthers's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their fifth straight defeat. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 73-47 walloping at the hands of Clinton Prairie. While losing is never fun, Western can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the Gophers are ranked 109th).
Despite the loss, Western still got an impressive performance from Logan Nelson, who scored 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Quillen, who scored seven points.
Western has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season. As for Clinton Prairie, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-2.
Western will be playing in front of their home fans against the Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Tippecanoe Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Saturday. As for Clinton Prairie, they and the Trojans will face off on January 30th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Covington has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
