The Clymer Central Pirates struggled with assists on Thursday (the Westfield Wolverines had eight more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Clymer Central took a hard 56-40 fall against Westfield. While losing is never fun, Clymer Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 538th, while Westfield is ranked 88th).
Clymer Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Carson White, who scored 16 points. That's the first time this season that White scored 15 or more points. Kaden Beckerink was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with five rebounds.
It was another big night for Carson Swanson, who scored 35 points along with six assists and three steals for Westfield. That makes it five consecutive games in which Swanson has scored at least a third of Westfield's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Fuller, who scored nine points along with 11 rebounds and two steals.
Clymer Central's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Westfield, the victory (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 14-1.
Clymer Central will be playing in front of their home fans against Sherman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sherman comes in still looking for their first win of the season. As for Westfield, they will head out on the road to square off against Brocton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
