Worthington Kilbourne is 1-9 against Westerville South since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Worthington Kilbourne Wolves will head out on the road to face off against the Westerville South Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Friday, Worthington Kilbourne came up short against Westerville North and fell 57-48. While losing is never fun, Worthington Kilbourne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 321st, while Westerville North is ranked 25th).
Despite the defeat, Worthington Kilbourne got a solid performance out of Te'mar Lewis, who scored 20 points. Lewis has been hot recently, having posted 20 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Luke Page, who scored six points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Westerville South's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 65-57 to Westerville Central. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Worthington Kilbourne has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season. As for Westerville South, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7.
Things could have been worse for Worthington Kilbourne, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 69-50 loss to Westerville South in their previous matchup back in January. Can Worthington Kilbourne avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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