The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Nitro Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Nitro will be up against a hot Fairmont Senior team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Fairmont Senior claimed a resounding 83-42 win over Philip Barbour. The Polar Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Nitro entered their contest against Parkersburg on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Nitro fell just short of Parkersburg by a score of 82-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (57), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Fairmont Senior will need to focus on slowing down Ty Stephens 6'1 165Lbs, one of several Nitro players who made an impact when they last played. He shot 55% from beyond the arc en route to 26 points. Another player making a difference was Ashton Crouch, who went 10-for-12 to rack up 23 points and seven boards.
Even though they lost, Nitro was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now racked up at least 20 assists in three consecutive matchups.
Fairmont Senior pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.2 points over those games. As for Nitro, they suffered their first home loss, dropping their record down to 15-5.
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