The Ayersville Pilots will head out to challenge the Paulding Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Ayersville ended up a good deal behind Wayne Trace and lost 62-43. While losing is never fun, the Pilots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 585th, while the Raiders are ranked 283rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Paulding). They came out on top against Liberty Center by a score of 72-64 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Paulding's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-8. As for Ayersville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Ayersville came up short against Paulding in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 44-37. Can Ayersville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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