Basketball Game Preview: Seven Hills Stingers vs. Preble Shawnee Arrows

The Seven Hills Stingers will challenge the Preble Shawnee Arrows on Friday. Seven Hills is coming into the match hot, having won their last nine games.

Seven Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 67-57 win over Clermont Northeastern. Given the Stingers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th in Ohio, while the Rockets are ranked 568th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Preble Shawnee came into Tuesday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Dayton Christian by a score of 53-41 on Tuesday.

Seven Hills' victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points over those games. As for Preble Shawnee, their record is now 13-9.

Seven Hills lost to Preble Shawnee on the road by a decisive 42-27 margin when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Seven Hills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.