Newcomerstown is 0-10 against East Canton since December of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Newcomerstown Trojans will finish 2024 at home by hosting the East Canton Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Monday, Newcomerstown was beaten by Smithville 88-54. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 484th, while the Smithies are ranked 91st).
Meanwhile, East Canton came up short against Malvern on Friday and fell 55-42.
This is the second loss in a row for Newcomerstown and nudges their season record down to 2-5. As for East Canton, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-3.
Newcomerstown was taken down by East Canton 77-41 in their previous meeting back in February. Can Newcomerstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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