Fairfield is 7-2 against Manchester since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Fairfield Lions will look to defend their home court against the Manchester Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Fairfield sitting on three straight victories and Manchester on six.
Fairfield put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They blew past Whiteoak 63-27 at home. Given Fairfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while Whiteoak is ranked 737th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Larkin Friend continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. He 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 Logan McIntosh, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Manchester strolled past South Gallia with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 59-41.
Fairfield's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 20-3. As for Manchester, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Fairfield against Manchester in their previous matchup back in January as the squad secured a 70-35 win. Will Fairfield repeat their success, or does Manchester have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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