After flying high against Windham on Wednesday, Newton Falls came back down to earth. The Tigers took a 79-75 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hubbard Eagles on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (73), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hubbard to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jakob Hayes, who dropped a double-double with 30 points and 13 boards. The dominant performance also gave Hayes a new career-high in shooting accuracy (92%). Another player making a difference was Dylan Bucher, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine assists.
Newton Falls now has a losing record of 1-2.
Coming up, Newton Falls will host East at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Hubbard, they will head out on the road to square off against Poland Seminary at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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