West Seattle and Seattle Prep are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. West Seattle will head out to face off against the Seattle Prep Panthers at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday.
West Seattle is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Roosevelt on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Seattle took a blow against Roosevelt, falling 77-48. The loss continues a trend for West Seattle in their matchups with Roosevelt: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Seattle Prep entered their tilt with Holy Names Academy on Wednesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 1-0 victory over Holy Names Academy. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while Holy Names Academy are ranked 174th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Seattle Prep pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for West Seattle, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
West Seattle took a serious blow against Seattle Prep when the teams last played on January 15th, falling 69-41. Can West Seattle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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