The West Holmes Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Maysville Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Holmes has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since January 24.
Last Saturday, West Holmes ended up a good deal behind Maysville and lost 69-50. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 684th, while the Panthers are ranked 63rd).
West Holmes better focus on containing Gator Nichols and Jordyn Watson as the pair were huge in Maysville's win. Nichols posted 25 points, while Watson almost dropped a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Nichols' evening made it 22 games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Ferguson, who scored six points along with five assists and three steals.
Maysville's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.1 points over those games. As for West Holmes, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-21.
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