Western suffered their closest defeat since January 3rd on Saturday. They fell just short of the Symmes Valley Vikings by a score of 61-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Indians still had to take the loss.
Symmes Valley was led to victory by Ethan Smith and Bronx Carpenter. Smith posted 24 points, while Carpenter put up 16 points and four steals. Carpenter has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Willie Jones, who had five points and 12 boards.
Western's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Symmes Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Coming up, Western will host Glenwood at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Symmes Valley, they will venture away from home to take on South Point at 7:15 p.m. on Monday.
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