Full Court Press: Lady Leps vs. West Branch Preview

By Mike Swinhart

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON Akron Sports Now


Full Court Press’s Girls basketball GAME OF THE WEEK:

LOUISVILLE (13-0) at WEST BRANCH (9-4), 2:30pm start

This game has many headlines involved in it. Louisville is unbeaten, and West Branch is on a seven game winning streak. West Branch’s last loss was on December 15th, 2010. Who did West Branch lose to on December 15th? Well, as you can guess, that loss was at Louisville. If anyone has followed Northeastern Buckeye Conference girl’s hoops in the past 10 years, they know that West Branch tends to be the favorite in most games; however, they don’t mind playing the underdog card either. All you have to do is look back to the 2008-2009 season, where Canton South was in a familiar situation that Louisville is in at this moment. Canton South in 08-09 season, beat West Branch at home earlier in the year by double digits. As the season wore on, Canton South kept winning and so did West Branch. Then, it happened. Canton South went into Beloit unbeaten, at a record of 17-0. West Branch was determined and their fans were in it for all 32 minutes of basketball. West Branch pulled off the upset, beating Canton South, 44-40. Canton South finished 25-2 that year, losing to West Branch in the regular season, and losing to eventual state champion, Hathaway Brown, in regional finals.

This game has the making of being one of the best games in the Akron area this year. If you have a chance to go, or may consider it, I highly recommend that you go to this game as a basketball fan. Either way, you get to see an upset in the making, or you get to see the unbeaten team make it another day without a loss on their record. If you want to read more about this game, please go to the article: “Full Court Press’s Game of the Week: Louisville(13-0) Travels to West Branch(9-4)”. It will be posted within a couple of hours.

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