The River View Black Bears will head out to square off against the New Lexington Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in River View's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups.
River View fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Morgan on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 73-67 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (60), the Black Bears still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, New Lexington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They received a blow as they fell 57-40 to West Muskingum.
River View's defeat dropped their record down to 8-11. As for New Lexington, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
River View came up short against New Lexington in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 55-45. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Lexington's Isaiah Stephens, who shot 5-for-7 from long range and almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine boards. Now that River View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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