Northumberland is 2-8 against Westmoreland since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Northumberland Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Westmoreland Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Northumberland knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully Westmoreland likes a good challenge.
Northumberland pushed their score all the way to 55 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. Their tough 75-55 defeat to Lancaster might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Northumberland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while Lancaster is ranked 70th).
Despite the defeat, Northumberland saw an underclassman step up: Tyreek Lundy dropped a double-double on 25 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Lundy has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Khayleb Williams, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Westmoreland came up short against Northumberland on Monday and fell 55-44.
Northumberland's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7. As for Westmoreland, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Northumberland beat Westmoreland 55-44 when the teams last played on Monday. Will Northumberland repeat their success, or does Westmoreland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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