The Howland Tigers stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Austintown-Fitch 63-43. This was a revenge matchup for Howland, as the team was forced to settle for a 54-50 loss when these two played two weeks ago.
Alyssa Massucci continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points. Gia Hoso was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Austintown-Fitch lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kaliana Ray, who scored 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayla Ray, who scored nine points along with eight rebounds.
Austintown-Fitch's lineup was just a bit different on Tuesday as Ray got a bit more time on the court (15 vs. her season average of 7.06). Ray made the most of the opportunity, scoring 12 points. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Howland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Austintown-Fitch, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8.
Howland will take on Ravenna at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ravenna is coming into the match with nine straight defeats on the road, meaning Howland will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for Austintown-Fitch, they will take on Salem at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Austintown-Fitch focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.
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