After six games on the road, Canfield is heading back home. They will take on the East Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Canfield has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Even though East Liverpool scored an imposing 56 points on Thursday, Canfield still came out on top. Canfield walked away with a 66-56 win over East Liverpool. Given Canfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 44th, while East Liverpool is ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ben Weaver and Sam Castronova were among the main playmakers for Canfield as the former scored 23 points and the latter scored 20 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Castronova has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Shapiro, who scored no points along with 13 assists and three steals.
Meanwhile, East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They were dealt a 87-39 defeat at the hands of Strongsville. That's two games in a row now that East has lost by exactly 48 points.
Canfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for East, their loss dropped their record down to 4-16.
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