The Hicksville Aces will head out on the road to challenge the Ayersville Pilots at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hicksville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 682nd, while Ayersville is ranked 102nd).
Last Thursday, Hicksville took a serious blow against Edgerton, falling 61-26. Hicksville has not had much luck with Edgerton recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Ayersville came tearing into Thursday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 47-37 win over Fairview.
Ayersville got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kiersten Manon out in front who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Craft, who scored three points along with 11 rebounds and six blocks.
Hicksville's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-19. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 28.3 points per game. As for Ayersville, their win bumped their record up to 21-1.
Hicksville took a serious blow against Ayersville when the teams last played back in January, falling 50-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ayersville's Ally Schindler, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. Now that Hicksville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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