Pine Forest and Westover are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2021, but not for long. The Pine Forest Trojans will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Westover Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. Pine Forest knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Westover likes a good challenge.
Pine Forest will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 22) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-61 victory over Overhills. The win almost wasn't to be: the Trojans were down 40-18 in the second quarter.
Meanwhile, Westover was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 58-54 to E.E. Smith. While the Wolverines didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Golden Bulls 20-9 in the first quarter.
Westover's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 10-5. As for Pine Forest, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Pine Forest was able to grind out a solid victory over Westover in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, winning 66-57. Will Pine Forest repeat their success, or does Westover have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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