The Ashland Arrows will square off against the Columbian Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ashland will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Mansfield Senior, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, Ashland made off with a 1-0 win over Mansfield Senior. The one-point effort marked the Arrows' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Columbian strolled past Lexington with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 64-46. Given the Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Minutemen are ranked 335th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ashland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.1 points over those games. As for Columbian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-9.
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