Basketball Game Preview: Berea-Midpark Titans vs. McKinley Bulldogs

By Team Reports Feb 16, 2025, 1:09am

Basketball Preview: Berea-Midpark Titans vs. McKinley Bulldogs

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The Berea-Midpark Titans will take on the McKinley Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Berea-Midpark has three straight wins, McKinley has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Fans were treated to a Battle of the Titans on Wednesday. Berea-Midpark breezed past Lorain to the tune of 67-37. Berea-Midpark has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 23 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, McKinley played a tough contest on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Brecksville-Broadview Heights, falling 75-50. The Bulldogs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-14.

Berea-Midpark will have to keep a close watch on Mya Taylor and Ka'Myah Gisentaner, a pair of players who had a big impact on McKinley's prior game. Taylor posted 24 points and three steals, while Gisentaner earned ten points and five boards. That was a full 48% of McKinley's points, marking the 15th time in a row Taylor has had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinity Sparks, who scored four points.

Berea-Midpark's victory bumped their record up to 15-7. As for McKinley, their loss dropped their record down to 8-14.

Berea-Midpark didn't have too much breathing room in their game against McKinley when the teams last played back in November of 2021, but they still walked away with a 53-48 win. Does Berea-Midpark have another victory up their sleeve, or will McKinley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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