The Clinton Red Tornadoes will head out on the road to challenge the Bethany Bronchos at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Clinton has struggled recently with 35 defeats in a row, while Bethany will arrive with ten straight victories.
While Clinton couldn't quite beat Weatherford on Tuesday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 39-point loss they were dealt last Monday. Clinton fell just short of Weatherford by a score of 2-0. While losing is never fun, Clinton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 392nd, while Weatherford is ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Bethany put the finishing touches on their 16th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 83-21 victory over Oklahoma Christian. Bethany pushed the score to 69-15 by the end of the third, a deficit Oklahoma Christian had no chance of recovering from.
Bethany got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Zya Vann out in front who scored 25 points along with six assists and five rebounds. Vann has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Keziah Lofton, who scored 22 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Clinton dropped their record down to 0-21 with that loss, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Bethany, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Clinton was dealt a bruising 88-17 defeat at the hands of Bethany in their previous meeting back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Clinton was down 51-12.
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