West entered their match against La Vega on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The West Trojans took a 50-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the La Vega Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 696th, while the Pirates are ranked 173rd).
Despite the loss, West still got an impressive performance from Ayden Poteet, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 15 boards. West is 7-3 when Poteet posts eight or more boards, but 4-5 otherwise. AJ McGlothen was another key player, putting up nine points.
West is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-8. As for La Vega, their win was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
West will venture away from home to square off against Maypearl at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.7 points per game this season. As for La Vega, they will welcome Buffalo at 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
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