The Westerville Central Warhawks will challenge the Independence 76ers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Friday, Westerville Central came up short against Grove City and fell 52-39. While losing is never fun, the Warhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, Independence had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They managed a 43-37 victory over the Scots.
Independence has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.6 points per game. As for Westerville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.
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