Preview: Stryker Panthers vs. North Central Eagles
Stryker is 9-1 against North Central since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Stryker Panthers will head out on the road to take on the North Central Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Neither of these teams found much success offensively their last time out, scoring well below their season average.
Last Saturday, Stryker came up short against Ayersville and fell 37-24. While losing is never fun, Stryker can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 537th, while Ayersville is ranked 99th).
Meanwhile, North Central's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their 13th straight loss. Their tough 41-18 defeat to Hicksville might stick with them for a while. North Central was down 32-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
This is the second loss in a row for Stryker and nudges their season record down to 9-11. As for North Central, they dropped their record down to 1-18 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Stryker against North Central in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 as the team secured a 50-14 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Stryker since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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