Fox Chapel and Woodland Hills are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Fox Chapel Foxes will take on the Woodland Hills Wolverines at TBD on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fox Chapel had no problem doing just that on Monday. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 94-84. Fox Chapel's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Fox Chapel to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jefferson Moorefield-Brown, who scored 27 points. Asher White was another key contributor, scoring 23 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Moon Area typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Woodland Hills proved too difficult a challenge. They claimed a resounding 73-39 win over the Tigers on the road. The win was all the more spectacular given Woodland Hills' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Moon Area is ranked fifth).
Fox Chapel is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Woodland Hills, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-13.
Fox Chapel strolled past Woodland Hills in their previous meeting on February 6th by a score of 60-41. Will Fox Chapel repeat their success, or does Woodland Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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