The Ritchie County Rebels's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights at 7:00 p.m. on March 6th. Hopefully Ritchie County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Friday.
Ritchie County and Williamstown squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly Ritchie County had to settle for second. Their rough 67-45 defeat to the Yellowjackets might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Ritchie County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while Williamstown is ranked 17th).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Isaac Hodges, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. He has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last nine times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bodhi Utter, who scored 14 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Central Catholic put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on St. Marys with a sharp 63-39 win. The victory was familiar territory for Wheeling Central Catholic who now have four in a row.
Ritchie County's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-14. As for Wheeling Central Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Ritchie County came up short against Wheeling Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 67-55. Can Ritchie County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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