Galion lost against River Valley back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Galion Tigers were dealt a 77-41 loss at the hands of the River Valley Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 567th, while the Vikings are ranked 62nd).
Leading River Valley to victory were Chase Ebert and Carter Myers. Ebert went 8 of 10 to rack up 18 points in addition to six assists and four steals, while Myers almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Ebert a new career-high in field goal percentage (80%). Hudson Pollock was another key player, putting up 11 points and five boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Galion and nudges their season record down to 7-13. As for River Valley, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.
Coming up, Galion will host Mansfield Senior at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Mansfield Senior knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Galion likes a good challenge. As for River Valley, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, an 86-61 win against Cardington-Lincoln on the 8th.
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