The West Clermont Wolves had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They strolled past Middletown with points to spare, taking the game 59-40. Given West Clermont's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while Middletown is ranked 280th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Clermont found their leader in underclassman Layla Hale, who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Hale has scored at least a third of West Clermont's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Rodriguez, who scored 13 points along with two steals and two blocks.
West Clermont is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Middletown, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.
West Clermont will head out on the road to take on Northwest at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully West Clermont focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Tuesday. Middletown does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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