Lordstown and Maplewood are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The two teams will compete for holiday cheer at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of these teams found much success offensively their last time out, scoring well below their season average.
Last Tuesday, Lordstown was beaten by Bristol 78-20.
Meanwhile, Maplewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were dealt a 64-30 loss at the hands of Grand Valley. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 59th).
Maplewood's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lordstown, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Lordstown opened the new year with a less-than-successful 68-61 loss to Maplewood. Thankfully for Lordstown, Alex Donaldson (who went 12 of 29 on his way to 36 points along with eight boards and six steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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