Basketball Recap: Fairview Picks Up Tenth Straight Win at Home

By Team Reports Jan 16, 2025, 2:55am

Basketball Recap: Fairview Warriors vs. Rocky River Pirates

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There's no place like home for Fairview, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They snuck past the Rocky River Pirates with a 56-52 win on Tuesday. The Warriors have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Pirates, too.

Rocky River's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jacob Radcliffe, who posted 20 points, and Michael Swallow, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. The game was Radcliffe's 12th in a row with at least ten points. Danny Berg was another key player, putting up seven points and five assists.

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Previous Games (Home)

01/14/25 vs Rocky River56-52
01/10/25 vs Beachwood54-40
01/04/25 vs Cuyahoga Heights47-43
12/14/24 vs Independence72-55
12/06/24 vs Steele69-66
+ 5 more games

Fairview pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Rocky River, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-5.

Fairview will take on Independence at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Independence knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Fairview likes a good challenge. As for Rocky River, they will challenge Buckeye at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rocky River is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60 points per game this season.

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