The Yorktown Patriots are taking a road trip to take on the Westfield Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Yorktown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They breezed past Oakton to the tune of 73-43. The victory continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Westfield entered their tilt with Wakefield on Tuesday with eight consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with nine. They claimed a resounding 63-30 win over the Warriors. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st in Virginia, while the Warriors are ranked 123rd in Virginia), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Westfield pushed their record up to 20-6 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points over those games. As for Yorktown, their win bumped their record up to 20-3.
Yorktown came out on top in a nail-biter against Westfield in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, sneaking past 64-61. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Westfield's Jemon Price, who posted 25 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Yorktown still be able to contain Price? There's only one way to find out.
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