Preview: Cuyahoga Heights Red Wolves vs. Brooklyn Hurricanes
Cuyahoga Heights has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Brooklyn Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. Cuyahoga Heights will be strutting in after a win while Brooklyn will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Cuyahoga Heights didn't have too much trouble with Fairview on the road as they won 51-36. Given Cuyahoga Heights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while Fairview is ranked 544th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fourth straight loss. They took a serious blow against Lutheran West, falling 67-37. Brooklyn was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 53-23.
Ashlyn Dyson put forth a good effort for the losing side as she scored 17 points along with six rebounds and six steals. She scored a full 45.9% of Brooklyn's points, the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Rayanna Cogburn, who scored eight points along with three steals.
Cuyahoga Heights' win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Brooklyn, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Cuyahoga Heights was able to grind out a solid win over Brooklyn when the teams last played back in February, winning 47-39. Does Cuyahoga Heights have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brooklyn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
