The Parkersburg Big Reds and the Warren Warriors will round out the year against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Parkersburg has struggled recently with eight losses in a row, while Warren will arrive with five straight victories.
Parkersburg pushed their score all the way to 69 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Williamstown by a score of 71-69. While losing is never fun, Parkersburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while Williamstown is ranked 12th).
Warren has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 21 points or more this season. Everything went their way against Federal Hocking on Saturday as Warren made off with a 65-44 win. With Warren ahead 37-9 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Warren to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trent Taylor, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. The game was Taylor's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Stadelman, who scored 14 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Parkersburg's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Warren, their victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Parkersburg came up short against Warren in their previous matchup back in January of 2020, falling 75-66. Can Parkersburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
