West Plains lost against Marshfield back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The West Plains Zizzers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 52-51 to the Marshfield Bluejays. The Zizzers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, West Plains saw an underclassman step up: freshman Gillian Green dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 boards. Green is becoming a predictor of West Plains' success: when she posts at least ten boards the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Lucy Hafer, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 13 points and four steals.
West Plains' loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Marshfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
West Plains will face off against Central at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. West Plains is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.4 points per game this season. As for Marshfield, they will host Springfield Catholic at 6:15 p.m. on Monday.
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