Tuscarawas Central Catholic has played every game this season on their home court, but they'll have to hit the road on Tuesday. They will challenge the Newcomerstown Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Tuscarawas Central Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Friday.
Last Friday, Tuscarawas Central Catholic came up short against Garaway and fell 56-46. Tuscarawas Central Catholic has struggled against Garaway recently, as their game on Friday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Coda Schumacher put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brysen Grimes, who scored 17 points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-43, which was the final score in Newcomerstown's tilt against Indian Valley on Friday. While losing is never fun, Newcomerstown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 334th, while Indian Valley is ranked 46th).
Tuscarawas Central Catholic bumped their record down to 0-2 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Newcomerstown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Tuscarawas Central Catholic against Newcomerstown in their previous matchup back in January as the squad secured a 59-30 win. Does Tuscarawas Central Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Newcomerstown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
