The Western Hills Mustangs will challenge the Woodward Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Western Hills' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 11 contests.
Western Hills is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest defeat since December 13, 2024 on Monday. They came up short against Aiken, falling 82-58. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Falcons are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Woodward came into Tuesday's matchup having lost 11 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They managed a 59-53 victory over Withrow on Tuesday.
Western Hills' loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Woodward, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 2-12.
Western Hills was able to grind out a solid victory over Woodward in their previous meeting on January 3rd, winning 85-73. Does Western Hills have another victory up their sleeve, or will Woodward turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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