Zanesville has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the East Liverpool Potters at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Zanesville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 452nd, while East Liverpool is ranked 145th).
Zanesville has not done well against Meadowbrook recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Zanesville simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Meadowbrook 74-41 at home. Zanesville pushed the score to 50-28 by the end of the third, a deficit Meadowbrook had little chance of recovering from.
Zanesville relied on the efforts of Drew Doyle, who scored 15 points along with seven steals, and Rashaud Hampton, who scored 24 points along with three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hampton has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Tabler, who scored 12 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, East Liverpool pushed their score all the way to 56 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 66-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of Canfield. East Liverpool has been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Zanesville's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-15. As for East Liverpool, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-6.
Everything came up roses for Zanesville against East Liverpool when the teams last played back in March of 2018 as the squad secured a 65-28 victory. Does Zanesville have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Liverpool turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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