The Fairfield Lions will take on the Fayetteville-Perry Rockets in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Fairfield has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight losses, while Fayetteville-Perry will come in with five straight wins.
Last Thursday, Fairfield lost to Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington on the road by a 58-39 margin. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 595th, while the Blue Jays are ranked 276th).
Meanwhile, Fayetteville-Perry hadn't done well against Lynchburg-Clay recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Fayetteville-Perry enjoyed a cozy 49-34 victory over Lynchburg-Clay. The 49-point effort marked the Rockets' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Fayetteville-Perry pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Fairfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Fairfield couldn't quite finish off Fayetteville-Perry in their previous meeting back in February and fell 49-46. Can Fairfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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