The West Union Dragons will head out on the road to square off against the Northwest Mohawks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully West Union focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Thursday.
West Union struggled with assists on Thursday (the Mustangs had 11 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. West Union took a serious blow against the Mustangs, falling 64-25. While losing is never fun, West Union can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 632nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 177th).
West Union's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Madison Stout, who scored seven points along with nine rebounds and two steals, and Emily Stapleton who scored five points.
Meanwhile, Northwest had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They put the hurt on East with a sharp 50-27 win.
West Union has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-13 record this season. As for Northwest, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-12 record this season.
West Union came up short against the Mohawks when the teams last played back in December of 2021, falling 48-42. Can West Union avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
