West Lafayette has gone 6-0 against Rossville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The West Lafayette Red Devils will face off against the Rossville Hornets at 2:30 p.m. West Lafayette has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Rossville will come in with four straight victories.
West Lafayette is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Benton Central on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Lafayette lost 56-30 to Benton Central. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Bison are ranked 97th).
Meanwhile, Rossville didn't have too much breathing room in their match against North White on Thursday, but they still walked away with a 34-30 win.
Rossville got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ava Burkle out in front who scored ten points along with five rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Caydence Robey, who posted eight points.
Rossville's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for West Lafayette, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went West Lafayette's way against Rossville when the teams last played back in December of 2019, as West Lafayette made off with a 49-24 victory. Does West Lafayette have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rossville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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