The Carrollton Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Maysville Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, Carrollton earned a 61-51 win over New Philadelphia. Given Carrollton's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while New Philadelphia is ranked 559th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hillari Baker continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 29 points along with two blocks. As a matter of fact, that's the most points she has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Ujcich, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks.
Maysville has not had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They blew past St. Clairsville 56-25 on the road on Saturday.
Carrollton pushed their record up to 18-5 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Maysville, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-15.
Carrollton came out on top in a nail-biter against Maysville when the teams last played back in February of 2016, sneaking past 60-58. Will Carrollton repeat their success, or does Maysville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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