The Lowellville Rockets will venture away from home to take on the Columbiana Clippers at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lowellville has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight defeats, while Columbiana will come in with five straight victories.
Lowellville came up into this matchup off a tough 33-point loss last Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Western Reserve by a score of 71-68 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (67), the Rockets still had to take the loss.
Valley Christian typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Columbiana proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 55-52 win over the Eagles. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Clippers have posted since December 15, 2023.
Lowellville's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Columbiana, their win bumped their record up to 17-2.
Lowellville was able to grind out a solid victory over Columbiana in their previous matchup back in January of 2022, winning 59-49. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Columbiana's Nick Million, who went 9 of 19 to rack up 24 points and six boards. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Lowellville to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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