There's no place like home for Fairfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They secured a 49-45 W over the Casey-Westfield Warriors on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Mules' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Warriors are ranked 63rd).
Despite the loss, Casey-Westfield still got an impressive performance from Hayden Parcel, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 22 points. That was a full 48.9% of Casey-Westfield's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Luke Karras was another key player, putting up five points and 11 boards.
Fairfield now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Casey-Westfield, they moved to 8-1 with that defeat, which also ended their ten-game winning streak.
Fairfield didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 61-42 loss against Newton on the 21st. Casey-Westfield and West Vigo will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Casey-Westfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56 points per game this season.
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