Basketball Game Preview: Wauseon Indians vs. Kenton Wildcats

The Wauseon Indians will challenge the Kenton Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wauseon will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.

Wauseon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They escaped with a win against Bryan by the margin of a single free throw, 46-45. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Golden Bears are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Kenton entered their tilt with Memorial on Wednesday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Roughriders 60-37. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 20 points or more this season.

Kenton pushed their record up to 20-3 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.9 points over those games. As for Wauseon, their win bumped their record up to 20-4.