The Hubbard Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Beaver Local Beavers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Saturday, Hubbard came up short against Poland Seminary and fell 51-39. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 619th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 268th).
Meanwhile, Beaver Local didn't have quite enough to beat Salem on Saturday and fell 67-64.
Beaver Local's defeat dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Hubbard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-13.
Hubbard came up short against Beaver Local in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 65-54. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Beaver Local's Owen Hill, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Hubbard knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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