The Nitro Wildcats will take on The Linsly School Cadets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nitro has five straight victories, The Linsly School has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Nitro is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Point Pleasant: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Wildcats blew the Big Blacks out of the water with a 68-18 final score. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 25 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, The Linsly School played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 66-35 defeat at the hands of John Marshall. While losing is never fun, the Cadets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Monarchs are ranked 15th).
The Linsly School's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Nitro, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
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