Basketball Game Preview: Upper Sandusky Rams vs. Carey Blue Devils

The Upper Sandusky Rams will venture away from home to square off against the Carey Blue Devils at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Upper Sandusky will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

Upper Sandusky will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Buckeye Central, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Upper Sandusky walked away with a 51-44 victory over Buckeye Central on Friday. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Bucks are ranked 473rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carey). Everything went their way against Bucyrus on Friday as Carey made off with a 62-36 win. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 51-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Redmen cut but never quite recovered from.

Upper Sandusky's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.5 points per game. As for Carey, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.

Upper Sandusky came up short against Carey in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 34-27. Can Upper Sandusky avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.