The Mayfield Wildcats will be taking part in a tournament against the Avon Lake Shoremen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Mayfield came up short against Hawken and fell 76-65. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 404th, while the Hawks are ranked 128th).
Izzy Austin
| 02/15/25 @ Hawken | 73% |
| 02/14/25 vs North | 33% |
| 02/11/25 @ Kenston | 75% |
| 02/07/25 @ Chardon | 56% |
| 02/04/25 vs South | 50% |
| + 16 more games |
Despite the loss, Mayfield got top-tier performance from Izzy Austin, who went 8-for-11 en route to 19 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Thanks to that strong game, Austin now owns an excellent 45.3% field goal percentage. The team also got some help courtesy of Aarav Ganore, who went 6-for-9 to rack up 13 points.
Meanwhile, Avon Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 81-64 to North Ridgeville. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (56), the Shoremen still had to take the loss.
Avon Lake's loss dropped their record down to 3-19. As for Mayfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
