The Steubenville Big Red will square off against the Morgantown Mohigans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Steubenville took a loss when they played away from home last Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They skirted past Wheeling Park 44-41. The win was all the more spectacular given the Big Red's disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 91st in Ohio, while the Patriots are ranked fifth in West Virginia).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Steubenville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nylah McShan, who went 7 for 16 to rack up 14 points along with seven boards and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Phynyx Fleming, who posted eight points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Morgantown waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They came out on top against the Big Reds by a score of 62-51. 62 seems to be a good number for the Mohigans as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Steubenville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.4 points over those games. As for Morgantown, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
Steubenville suffered a grim 51-29 defeat to Morgantown when the teams last played back in February of 2019. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Steubenville was down 36-14.
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