Basketball Recap: Rootstown Drops Season-High Score on Ravenna

Rovers

Team Score

01/28/25 @ Ravenna	58
12/28/24 @ Southeast	55
11/29/24 vs Chippewa	54
12/07/24 @ Springfield	52
12/10/24 vs Waterloo	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rootstown). In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 58-57 win over the Ravenna Ravens. That's more bragging rights for the Rovers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Rootstown's victory bumped their record up to 4-12. As for Ravenna, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-14.

Rootstown and Ravenna could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. Rootstown (ranked 793rd) will meet Lake Center Christian (ranked 298th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Ravenna will square off against Streetsboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday down 525 places (717 vs. 192).