The Astoria/VIT Rebels will be playing at home against the Biggsville West Central Heat at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Astoria/VIT focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday.
Even though Astoria/VIT has not done well against Midwest Central recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way. Astoria/VIT enjoyed a cozy 56-41 win over Midwest Central. The win made it back-to-back wins for Astoria/VIT.
Astoria/VIT had a senior duo take command as Ben Sherrod dropped a double-double on 25 points and 16 rebounds and Nic Huston scored 19 points along with 3 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Sherrod has scored at least 25% of Astoria/VIT's points. Kaden Foglesong was another key contributor, scoring 6 points along with 10 rebounds.
Meanwhile, this season hasn't been kind to Biggsville West Central, who are still winless after their eighth game. They fell 43-32 to Bushnell-Prairie City on Tuesday. Biggsville West Central has struggled against Bushnell-Prairie City recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Astoria/VIT has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Biggsville West Central, they bumped their record down to 0-8 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Astoria/VIT came out on top in a nail-biter against Biggsville West Central in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 44-42. Does Astoria/VIT have another victory up their sleeve, or will Biggsville West Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
