West Union suffered their biggest loss since February 1, 2024 on Monday. They had to suffer through a 80-44 loss at the hands of the Fayetteville-Perry Rockets. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 485th, while the Rockets are ranked 135th).
Fayetteville-Perry found their leader in sophomore Christina Murphy, who went 8 for 11 on her way to 18 points along with eight boards and seven assists. That's the most points Murphy has posted since back in December of 2024. Aubrey Barber was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to six assists and three steals.
West Union's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-8. As for Fayetteville-Perry, they pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
West Union and Felicity-Franklin will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday without much rest having both just played. West Union is facing Felicity-Franklin at the right time seeing as Felicity-Franklin is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Fayetteville-Perry, they will challenge Whiteoak at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fayetteville-Perry is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.7 points per game this season.
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