The Westfall Mustangs are taking a road trip to square off against the Unioto Shermans at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Westfall is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Huntington by a score of 75-63 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Unioto came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Panthers to the tune of 64-31. Given the Shermans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Panthers are ranked 434th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Unioto pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Westfall, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-6.
Westfall came out on top in a nail-biter against Unioto when the teams last played back in December of 2024, sneaking past 61-58. The rematch might be a little tougher for Westfall since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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